12th September, 2021
The Nigeria Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (NAEGE), has conferred its distinguished fellowship on the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan.
He was inducted during the association’s 6th annual conference held at the International Conference Centre of the University of Ibadan.
NAEGE said the investiture was in recognition of Olaniyan’s outstanding performance as a foremost practitioner among the cadre of engineers in Nigeria.
Also, because of his track records as an accomplished civil engineer in the public sector of Oyo State in the last three decades.
Olaniyan, a civil engineer, said Geological Engineers are important in putting up structures since they studied the earth and buildings are erected in the earth.
He said their expertise is needed on what kind of structure fits the earth.
He encouraged the association to formally write to the state government and recommend what their role and importance is so that the government can adopt their suggestions as policy.
He lamented the spate of building collapse and assured that the state government is determined to see an end to such occurrences.
He said any recommendation from the association will be reviewed and adopted as a policy.
Olaniyan thanked the association for awarding him the honour and promised to be a worthy ambassador.
In a keynote address, Mr Fidelis Abija appealed to the state government to incorporate geologists into structural design and material selection plans, especially for public buildings.
Abija called on other engineering sister associations to collaborate with them to deliver value and resilient structures that are sustainable and long-lasting.
