Grant Nigerian citizenship to MD WACL, Bhaskar Rao, BEBME appeals to President Tinubu.
Chairman of Kogi Built Environment and Building Materials Exhibitions BEBME Advisory Council, Chief Bola Fejuku, Ba’alo of Oworo Kingdom, has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to confer Nigerian citizenship on the Managing Director of West African Ceramics Limited Ajaokuta,Bhaskar P. Rao for his contributions to the development of building subsector of the economy.
The royal father made the request in Lokoja at the recently concluded 5th edition of the Kogi Built Environment and Building Materials Exhibition held in Lokoja, kogi state capital.
The royal father noted that the opening and closing ceremonies were dedicated to the Managing Director for his expertise in the promotion of made in Nigeria goods and was honoured as BEEME” Shelter Development Icon of the decade.
He said Mr Bhaskar Rao’s contribution towards industrial development of Kogi state and the nation at large demands special recognition and to be accorded a Nigerian status to spur him for further contributions..
According to him, “the BEBM Exhibitions, the Shelter Development Icon of the Decade award series is an instrument of BEBM Exhibitions for the recognition of immense contribution to the development of the built environment and its practice in Kogi state particularly in the area of Planning, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Building Construction and Building Materials Science, others are Environmental Sciences and Building Materials Production distribution vocation practices and businesses rendered to promote the built environment industry.
“Mr. Bhaskar P. Rao, the Managing Director of the West African Ceramic Limited, Ogoro Village, Ajaokuta was decorated as SHELTER DEVELOPMENT ICON OF THE DECADE at the opening ceremony of this year’s exhibition. The event with the theme; Profitability and Quality Advantages of Made in Nigeria Housing Development Options and Materials at the Indoor Exhibition Arena, Idrinana Hotels and Suites, Lokoja.
In the various remarks before the award investiture, the organizers and participants of the exhibition were resolute in their resolve on the need for the federal government of Nigeria to show appreciation for the enormous contributions of Mr. Bhaskar P. Rao to housing development in Nigeria.
He said it was also observed that as Managing Director of the West African Ceramics Limited, he has demonstrated high level of recognition of the place of host communities and its coordination and relevance in the conduct of peacefully businesses particularly mining of mineral resources.
” He has achieved through excellent project facilitation, interaction, advocacy and support to hosts communities.
Other nominees for the 2023 Shelter Development Icons of The Decade are Mr. J.V. Gungune the Plant Director of Dangote Cement, Obajana; Arc. Mahmud Ibrahim, the Managing Direlctor/ CEO Hadid Consultants, and Mr. Gbeja Juwon Peter, the MD/CEO of Milk and Honey Luxury Homes Ltd”
He added as a display of the host community satisfaction and solidarity, the people Ajaokuta were represented at the event by a league of traditional chief under the leadership of HRH (Alhaji) Musa Achuja, the Ohi of Eganyi and the Chairman of Ajaokuta Traditional Council.The monarchs appreciated the West African Ceramic Limited in reducing crime in their domain by the provision of gainfully employment to the people.
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