Public Lecture

1. Resolving National Security Challenges
through Civil Engineering Infrastructures
A Public Lecture
Delivered at
2018 Conference and AGM
of
The Nigerian Institutions of Civil Engineers
Osun State Branch
by
Adelere Ezekiel Adeniran, FNICE, FNSE
29th August, 2018

2. Protocol
• President, NSE
• National Chairman, NICE
• Chairman, Osogbo Branch of NSE
• Chairman, Osogbo Branch of NICE
• Presidents of Sister Societies
• Member of Council of NSE
• Fellows of NSE
• Fellows of NICE
• My colleagues in the Engineering Profession
• Gentlemen of the Print, electronic and social media
• Ladies and gentle men
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3. Preliminaries
• I am privildged to have been invited to give this public
lecture.
• I was excited to have been chosen for this assignment
shortly after my arrival in Adeleke University.
• During the course of my career as a Civil Engineer, I passed
through Osun State capital between 1986 and 1988. It was
during that time that we started the Osogbo branch of NSE
under the Chairmanship of Engr. Babalola Adubi and I was
the Foundation Assistant Secretary.
• I am, therefore, back home
• I want to thank the facilitators for this rather underserved
honour.
• I am indeed honoured and humbled.
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4. Preliminaries Cont’d
• The Theme of this conference is apt and timely
• “Resolving National Security Challenges through Civil Engineering
Infrastructures”
• Our Nation Nigeria is going through a lot of Security Challenges
• Boko haram,
• Fulani herdsmen,
• Kidnapping
• Building Collapse
• Poverty
• Lack of employment
• Civil unrest etc
• How can Our Civil Engineering profession help to resolve these
challenges?
• Permit me to recognise the fact that all branches of Engineering
contribute in one way or the other in providing solutions to all
human challenges.
• Todays Engineering is a consultium and you hardly come across any
infrastructure that does not contain “Civil Elements”
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5. National security is an appropriate
and aggressive blend of political
resilience and maturity, human
resources, economic structure and
capacity,technological competence,
industrial base and availability of
natural resources and finally the
military might.
(Source: National Defence College)
Introduction:
National Security Definition
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6. Note: Top-Down Pyramic of Security Issues
Political resilience and Maturity
Availability of Human Resources
Strength of Econimic structure and capacity
Technological Competence
Industrial Base
availability of
natural resources
Military Might
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7. What is National Security?
• A multi-dimensional view and response
towards protecting National Interests
against threats, both internal and external
• Dynamic and evolving as a derivative of
National Interests which in itself is an
evolving derivative of National Strength
• Underpins and guarantees the pursuit of
National Objectives in a competing
international arena
Source: US Army Corps of Engineers

8. Security Chanllenges
• A Security Challenge is anything that threaten
human lives and properties
Security
Challenges
Threats
Lives
Properties
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9. Primary Responsibilies of a Nation
• The citizens of any Nation want:
• Peaceful existence
• Food and Shelter
• Healthy Living
• Interaction Socially
• Free to move about without fear
• Engage in business without molestation
• All of these can not happen where there are
security challenges
• The primary responsibility of a nation is
therefore to protect lives and properties
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10. What needs to be protected?
Human Lives
Social
Infrastructure
Communication
equipment
Public
Institutions
Transportation
Systems
Technology
Infrastructure
Lands and
properties
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11. The Dynamics of Engineering and National Security
National Security
Challenges
Provision of
Engineering
Infrastructures
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12. • The More of Engineering
Infrastructures, the less of Security
Challenges
• The More of Security Challenges,
the more of Engineering
Infrastructures required
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13. Drivers of National Security Interests
• Any issue that has the potential to directly impact the
pursuit of National Goals can be classified as an area of
National Security Interest
• There are 5 major dimensions to National Security
Interests
• Engineering Infrastructural Developent
• Geo - Political
• Socio-Economic & Welfare (Food, Water, Health)
• Military
• Science & Technology
• National Security Interests therefore stem from:
• Evolving National goals in each of these dimensions and
• The National Strength is a reflection of the relative
performance with regard to these dimensions.
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14. Engineering
Infrastructral
Developent
Science &
Technology
Military
Socio-
Economic
& Welfare
Geo -
Political
National Security and
Engineering Infrastructure

15. A quick look at
Civil Engineering Curriculum
vis-à-vis Engineering
Infrastructural Provisions

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17. Civil Engineering Has 5 Major Areas
Environmental
Geotech and Materials
Structural
Transportation
Water Resources
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18. What do civil engineers do?
Design and Construction
of Critical Infrastructure
Waste
Management
Systems
Airport
s
Water
Treatment
& Supply
BridgesRoads
Railroads Buildings
Wastewater
treatment &
Disposal
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19. With the provision of these
infrastructures, major National
Security Challenges can be
resolved
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20. The Dynamics of Engineering and National Security
National Security
Challenges
Provision of
Engineering
Infrastructures
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21. Environmental Engineering
Water treatment and
distribution (source:
www.drinkingwater.esr.cri.nz)
Wastewater treatment and
disposal
(source: www.hsy.fi)
Air pollution control
(source:questgarden.com)
Solid and hazardous waste
management
(source:pianormin.wordpress.com)
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22. Environmental Engineering
Air pollution control
Hazardous waste treatment
Water supply
Waste water management
Storm water management
Solid waste disposal
Related Security Challneges
Health
Human well being
Water Security/Poverty
Environmental Pollution
Urban Flood
Environmental Hazards
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23. Geotechnical engineering
Soil properties and
mechanics
Materials engineering
(Concrete, asphalt)
www.engr.wisc.edu)
Foundation
engineering
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24. Geotechnical and
Materials Engineering
Concrete
Pavements
Foundations
Dams
Soil Properties
Site Studies
Related Security
Challenges
Economic Waste
Highway Robbers
Road Accidents
National Dissaster
Collapsed Buildings
Theft and Wastages
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25. Structural Engineering
Building structures
Earthquake
engineering
Civil engineering structures
(Bridges, Dams, Roads)
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26. Structural
Engineering
Buildings
Towers and Columns
Dams
Bridges
Air and Sea Ports
Barracks/Bunkers
Communication Towers
Related Security
Challenges
Housing Problems
Economic Waste
National Dissaster
Collapsed Structures
Internal Security
External Aggretion
Insurgencies
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27. Transportation engineering
Highway
engineering
Port and harbor
engineering
Airport
engineering
Railroad
engineering 27

28. Transportation
Engineering
Roadways,
Airports,
Port facilities,
Traffic control,
Pavement markings,
Intelligent
Transportation Systems.
Related Security Challenges
Highway Robbers
Road Accidents
Internal Security
External Aggressions
Kiddnapping
Insurgencies (Boko Haram)
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29. Water resources engineering
Hydraulic
Engineering
(source:
images.search.yahoo.com) River
Engineering
(source:www.geograph
.org.uk)
Groundwater
Engineering
(source: www.cgenarchive.org)
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30. Water Resources Engineering
Storm sewers
Water resource planning
Dams
Irrigation systems
Water distribution systems
Groundwater modeling
Related Security Challenges
Flooding and Pollution
Water Security
Drought
Food Security
Human Health and Wellness
Water Scarcity
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31. In summary, Civil engineering infrastructures are
important in resolving National Security Challenges
• They Keep people safe
– Safe Buildings that don’t collapse
– Safe Water that won’t make you sick
– Safe Transportation systems that minimize hazards
– Environment free of harmful pollutants
• They Provide facilities for the safety of the economy
and security of lives
– Safe Transportation of people and goods
– Safe Productive work spaces (buildings)
– Safe and Healthy water to drink and air to breathe
– Secured Food availability
– Safe Border Control Structures
– Monitoring Structures to facilitate policing
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32. The Dynamics of Engineering and National Security
National Security
Challenges
Provision of
Engineering
Infrastructures
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