Delta state government has concluded arrangements to send five engineers to Las Vegas in the United States of America to attend the 2020 International Civil Engineers Conference.
The commissioner for Works chief James Augoye disclosed this at the closing of the 2-day Annual training organized for civil engineers in the ministry at Gordon Resort, Abraka in Ethiopia East Local Government Area of the state.
According to the Chief Augoye, the conference will afford the engineers the opportunity to be abreast with modern techniques in road construction which will benefit the state.
Also, another set of four engineers have been nominated to understudy concrete Mattresses at submar West Africa in Lagos next week.
Chief Augoye revealed further that the next technical meeting of engineers in the ministry would be held at the second Niger Bridge under construction to enable the engineers understudy the bridge and have firsthand information about bridge construction.
The commissioner assured the engineers that the communique on their findings at the training workshop would be sent to the governor, as it would form the basis of road construction in the state.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr Fred Edafioghor, used the occasion to thank Governor Okowa for giving the ministry the opportunity to organize the training.