The National Executive Council of National Union of Civil Engineering, Construction, Furniture, and Wood Workers have said that efforts should be geared to fund infrastructural development as that would ensure economic growth, create jobs and improve investors’ confidence.

They Union made this known in Asaba with the governor of Delta state playing host to the group

The construction industry plays an important role in the economy, and the activities of the industry is also vital to the achievement of national socio-economic development goals of providing shelter, infrastructure and employment.

The governor of the state, Ifeanyi Okowa explained that infrastructural development provides an enabling environment for investment to thrive, which will in turn create jobs for the people

For the President-General, Comrade Amechi Asugwuni who is also the National Vice Chairman of the NLC, he noted that the relationship between development and economic growth is a direct one