The Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) has inducted 96 new builders in order to ensure professionalism, check quackery and building collapse.
At the 16th induction ceremony of the builders in Abuja, the Chairman of CORBON, Kabiru Bala, noted that Nigeria’s built environment was characterised by poor quality project delivery with incessant building collapse.
“Quackery is at the heart of this problem. Our natural realm is the registration and licensing of personnel that will bring to full effect the benefits of professionalism in project delivery.
“The council has been registering and licensing professionals to practise the building technology profession in Nigeria in a bid to redress the challenge of skills shortage.
“We are therefore excited that this new set of builders being inducted will be of service to the built environment and help in stemming quackery in the industry.’’
He recalled that CORBON in 2014 was awarded the role of sector skills council for the delivery of training and certification of artisans and craftsmen through the Nigeria Skills Qualification Framework.
The Chairman said that as a sector skills council, CORBON recently received support from the Federal Government through the National Social Investment Office to facilitate and oversee the conduct of N-Power training programme in construction trades.
According to him, over 16,800 youths are receiving training in six construction trades, such as masonry and tiling, carpentry, joinery, welding, fabrication, painting, decoration, plumbing and electrical installations.
Bala said that 8,000 of the trainees had proceeded for nine months apprenticeship having completed three months in training centres across the country.
He commended the Federal Government on its recent pronouncement in the Presidential Executive Order five (PEO 5) which stipulates the use of local content in the construction sector.
“It is therefore a call to all new inductees and builders in general to latch on to the opportunities inherent in the PEO 5,’’ he added.
