The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) on Wednesday endorsed Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, for the 2023 presidential race, declaring him the best Governor in Nigeria.
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Agency, Prof.
Mohammed Sani Haruna, who made the position of the Agency known, on
Wednesday during a courtesy call on Governor Umahi at his office, centenary
city, Abakaliki, said Umahi had made the engineers proud.
Engr Sani who said Governor Umahi deserved to be elected president of
Nigeria in order to replicate nationwide, what he was doing in Ebonyi
State, assured that the engineering profession would back him to emerge the
president of Nigeria, if he agreed to contest.
He noted that Umahi had made the job easier for them, having defected to
the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC); even as he disclosed that the
Nigeria Academy of Engineering had nominated him for a special award for
making them proud in governance of Ebonyi State.
According to him: “I always try to call a spade a spade. I don’t like being
partisan, but today, I’m going to be a bit partisan. Your Excellency, as an
agency with the mandate to promote and fast track self-reliance, technology
and knowledge manufacturing and human development. I need not to consult my
board and management before declaring you the best Governor so far as
NASENI is concerned.
“Your Excellency, I’m happy that I was able to be in Ebonyi State and to
see things for myself. I will tell you that at the end of this presentation
why you are so selected. But let me tell you also that on my way, before
arriving here, I have already as a council member of the Nigeria Academy of
Engineering sent some pictures and my recommendation to the president in
Council and I have been mandated to nominate you for a special award for
doing the engineering Profession proud in Ebonyi State.
“The national President said I should send your curriculum vitae and I have
communicated this, through the State Commissioner for Agriculture, who led
the team that went round.
“Your Excellency, to be a bit political, we are inviting you to come and
duplicate what you are doing in Ebonyi State, nationwide.
“I assure you that the engineering Profession of which you belong, your
Constituency, will be massively behind you. And I’m glad that you made our
task easier, because the platform you launched is already the ruling party.”
Professor Sani who did a presentation of what the Agency had achieved in
recent time, noted that the agency was willing to partner Governor Umahi
towards full realization of his industrialization target in Ebonyi State.
Speaking, Umahi commended the agency, describing it as the beginning and
end of the problems of Nigeria, adding that the Agency represents the
practical demonstration of what engineering profession meant.
The Governor noted that the Agency deserved serious attention of government
in order to resolve the many problems facing the nation.
“I’m so touched and lacks words to describe what NASENI is doing, but I can
say that, this is the hope for our country, Nigeria.
“Sometimes, we don’t know what we need as a nation. But, honestly, after
food, health, and education, this is the next thing Nigeria should look
after. This is the beginning and the end of our problems. I never knew this
kind of thing is in existence. That you are the answer to our problems.
“I believe strongly that we can do it, looking at the things you have
produced locally. Is it the science equipment, the agriculture equipment,
the solar power, so many of them, Umahi said.
Umahi noted that Nigeria would continue to go backward, if it fell to work,
and deemphasize the belief that money should be printed and shared, saying,
“it is through things like these (referring to NASENI achievements) that
will bring other people’s money into the country.” he added.
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