Physical Infrastructure For Sustainable National Development

INTRODUCTION

First of all, I like to thank God for this opportunity to stand before th all of you this afternoon to deliver the 29 in the series of Public Lectures organized by Covenant University. I like to thank the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, the Registrar and all members of Management for giving me the opportunity to use this platform to express my views on the issue of Infrastructure development in our country and continent. Secondly I like to acknowledge my faith in God and in his goodness to make available to us as a nation the possibilities of engineering for socio-economic development. As you all know, engineering is the profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences, gained by study, experience, and practice, is applied to the efficient use of the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind. Of the many branches of engineering, Civil Engineering, to which I belong, plays a critical role in determining how our environment looks and functions. Civil Engineering includes the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of structures and altering site topography to suit human needs.