By CHARLES IWUOHA

The Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers, on Thursday, conferred the prestigious Fellowship of the institution on Engr. Greg Nnaji, Enugu State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, for upholding the tenets of the profession.

Decorating Nnaji in the presence of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and some members of the State Executive Council, National Chairman of the institution, Dr Jang Tanko, said he was highly impressed with the Governor’s performance.

According to Tanko, Ugwuanyi has performed exemplarily well in the area of infrastructural development in the state, while thanking him for his administration’s interventions on Federal roads in the state.

“The recent massive rehabilitation of the Opi-Obollo-Afor section of the 9th-Mile-Nsukka-Obollo-Afor-Markudi Federal Expressway remains a commendable feat,” he said.

Tanko, who is also the Director of Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) in Enugu State, assured the governor that “FERMA is ever ready to do its best to ensure that Federal roads are maintained in this state.”

On the conferment, the national chairman explained that the Enugu Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure was carefully selected among other Nigerian engineers to be conferred with the highest honour of the institution.

He explained that the conferment exercise actually took place on January 21, 2021, in Jos, Plateau State, during his Investiture Ceremony as the 17th National Chairman of the Institution, adding that Nnaji could not attend the event because of exigency of duty.

Responding, Nnaji expressed gratitude to Gov. Ugwuanyi for giving him the opportunity to serve Enugu State as Commissioner, adding that "the governor has proven himself to be a leader with the Midas touch.”

The Commissioner thanked the national chairman of the institution for finding him worthy of the honour and bringing it home to Enugu.

He, however, promised to do his best to ensure that engineering practice in the state and the country in general would be taken to greater heights.

Some of the landmark projects completed under the watch of the Commissioner include Abakpa Nike-Emene Line Road; Ogurute-Omuopu-Ette Road; Igbo Ano Specialist Hospital; Nsukka Magistrate Court, Neke-Mbu-Ogbodu-Aba Road among others.

Nnaji contributed to the rehabilitation of Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, where he served as a member of the Technical Committee of the South East Governors Forum on the rehabilitation of the airport.