Withdraw ‘Dancing Around Figures’ Comment Or Come To Engineering Debate, Umahi Challenges Makinde

The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has demanded that Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, retreat his remark that helium (Umahi) was “dancing astir figures” erstwhile helium appeared connected Arise News Channel’s meal amusement oregon the politician should travel guardant for a statement connected engineering practice, peculiarly roadworthy construction.

Recall that the Minister had a face-off with Arise News anchor, Rufai Oseni, erstwhile helium appeared connected The Morning Show programme to supply clarity connected the Lagos-Calabar Coastal road project.

Rufai demanded to cognize the outgo of the roadworthy per kilometre, a improvement that triggered confrontation connected unrecorded broadcast.

Governor Makinde, commenting connected the improvement days later, accused the curate of dancing astir figures erstwhile asked to springiness a breakdown of the task outgo connected nationalist TV.

However, responding connected Saturday portion inspecting the reconstruction of Keffi Bridge and the Keffi-Oweto-Otukpo Road, Umahi demanded a retraction of the comments made by the Oyo State governor.

The Minister said: “When I heard what somebody, my member and person Governor Makinde, the politician of Oyo State said. I don’t privation to articulation issues with him. I deliberation helium is an Engineer, an electrician, they called it elect-elect, this is roadworthy construction, elect-elect nary scope there. I’m his elder successful governance and his elder successful engineering signifier and truthful thing helium doesn’t understand, helium should telephone maine and inquire and I volition not articulation issues due to the fact that I person respect for our governors. I person respect for him arsenic my person and brother, but helium should retreat the connection that I americium dancing around. I ne'er danced astir and if helium insists, helium should travel for debate, that is precise important.”

“There is nary ambiguity successful outgo per kilometer but I americium teaching them that outgo per kilometer could beryllium divided into estimated cost, which has constituent of variance and mean cost, which is definitive. That is what it is.” helium added.

Speaking further, the Minister said the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) programme connected who is simply a prof has affirmed his rubric of a ‘Professor of Engineering successful Practice’.

He said, “So besides is erstwhile idiosyncratic that is dangling without cognition going to inquire AI what is the quality betwixt outgo per kilometer and mean cost. I’m blessed that AI told him what I told him. I’m blessed that NUC programme connected who is simply a prof besides made maine right. You tin go a Professor by the crushed of your signifier and I deliberation God has made maine 1 erstwhile it comes to practical. Field engineering programme, that is what it is, you can’t instrumentality it back,” Umahi stated.