Don’t succumb to pressure, Fashola tells CORBON board members

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, has charged the newly inaugurated members of the 7th Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) not to succumb to pressure their family members and the general public while discharging their duties.

The minister, who also charged them to focus on the delivery of the council’s mandate, said if they bow to pressure, they are not qualified to be called professionals.

According to a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Blessing Lere-Adams,  Fashola gave the advice during the inauguration of the newly appointed executive members of the CORBON held at the Conference Hall of the ministry in Abuja. 

He said there would be a distraction from members of their families and the general public, and urged them to embrace professionalism in all ramifications  in the course of discharging their responsibilities.  

“ There will be pressure, you are Council members, from all sorts of people and places, please do not succumb, because if you do, you are no longer a professional.So being a true professional, you must know the subject area very well, you must be master of the game, you are a controller of your skill and you have to use your skill well so that we do not get the unusual results we are getting,” Fashola said.

On the composition of the council members, he said the crop of all the members is drawn from professional bodies and cuts across all the zones of the country.

The 11- member Council of the CORBON has Builder Samson Ameh Opaluwah as the Chairman, with Builder (Professor) Shehu Ahmadu Bustani, Builder Jonathan Chinasa, Builder (Dr.) Taliat Ola Yusuf and Head of Building of the Ministry as members. 

Other members of the Council include; President, Nigerian Institute of Building, President of Structural Engineers, Builder Abdullhamid Isa Yuwari, Builder Christian Chiinedu, builder Alhassan Marke, and Builder Kingsley Oghoro.

Responding on behalf of the newly inaugurated members, the Chairman of the council, Opaluwah said the council was established by the Federal Government to regulate the practice of building construction, maintenance, and management in Nigeria.

He explained that, it was also the responsibility of the council to regulate and control the practice of building profession in all its ramifications, as well as to maintain discipline within the profession   

Speaking on the challenges facing the building profession,  Opaluwah said the 7th Council would build upon the achievements of the first to sixth council.