LSMTL, LASUSTECH partner to boost engineering education, building safety
By Lydia Ngwakwe
The Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory Agency (LSMTL) says it will partner the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) to improve engineering education and building safety in the state.
The General Manager, LSMTL, Mrs Olayinka Abdul, made the assertion when a delegation led by the Dean of the College of Engineering, LASUSTECH, Dr Yakubu Bankole, paid a courtesy visit to her.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the partnership goal is to establish a material testing office at LASUSTECH, Ikorodu, to provide students with practical experience in testing materials such as soil, steel, concrete, water, cables, and plumbing.
Abdul emphasised the importance of practical experience for engineering students, saying the partnership would enhance student learning and lead to safer building practices.
She said, “this collaboration is a learning process on the job to pattern the wealth of knowledge acquisition towards development that is at par with International best practices.
“This impactful initiative will invoke a form of professionalism that will stimulate consistent research ideology towards a total rebranding of our processes for optimal customers’ safety in averting buildings collapse.’’
Abdul said that the agency would implement stricter measures to stop low-quality steel from entering Lagos State as measures to curb episodes of building collapse across the state.
Earlier, Bankole expressed the belief that engineers in Lagos State would work together to create a more advanced and prosperous state where everyone would access the benefits of engineering and democratic progress.
He argued that as different parts of Lagos develop, there was a need for the government to invest in long-lasting infrastructure.
He emphasised the importance of training a new generation of engineers through research and collaboration to ensure these structures are properly maintained and continue to benefit the state.
Bankole, therefore, praised the initiative of the LSMTL, saying the programme would take students out of the classroom and into a real-world engineering setting.
He said, “by learning from real-world examples and working with practical tools, students gain valuable hands-on experience that complements their theoretical knowledge.’’ (NAN)
Edited by Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma
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