The Minister who spoke when a delegation from the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, led by its President, Mrs. Mercy Torkwase Iyortyer paid him a visit said that high cost of doing business is detrimental to the image of the country.
“These prices do not come from the air, they are written by people who are professionals.”
The Minister decried the corruption in the purchase and construction, adding that efforts are ongoing to ensure that relevant Procurement Departments are handled by professionals.
“Everybody has to be very professional and conscious of this enormous responsibility, especially making sure that whatever is monetary related, are handled with patriotic zeal by doing what is right.”
He said that the FCT Administration is willing to have professional Quantity Surveyors in all its committees that have to do with their jobs to enable the government draw from their expertise.
“Sometimes, expertise from your members who are not saddled with the day to day responsibility of office work in a setup like the FCTA will be good because some of you are in the public sector; some are in the private sector; some are in the security agencies; some of you are in the educational sector all with different orientation. However, all professional bodies would be considered to at least guide us as to what the regulations are.”
The President of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, Mrs. Mercy Torkwase Iyortyer lauded the Minister’s ongoing effort in tackling challenges of environmental sanitation. [myad]
