The President of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON), Moshood Akinwande, has reaffirmed that the regulation of the surveying occupation in Nigeria is ruled by federal laws, emphasising that the Council is the statutory physique vested with the duty of registering surveyors and regulating the follow of the surveying occupation all through the Federation. He made the clarification in Abeokuta, Ogun State, throughout his two-day official working go to to the state, on the invitation of the Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), Ogun State Branch, Surveyor Abiodun Liadi.
Speaking in the course of the go to, the SURCON President defined that the regulation of the surveying occupation falls inside the legislative competence of the Federal Government, by an Act of the National Assembly.
He careworn that SURCON is statutorily empowered to register certified surveyors, regulate skilled follow nationwide, and train disciplinary management over practitioners who contravene established skilled requirements.
He additional clarified that the Council’s regulatory authority extends to the surveying occupation in all its branches and ramifications, throughout the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Akinwande emphasised that the Council’s statutory mandate is to make sure skilled competence, moral conduct and compliance with relevant federal laws {and professional} requirements all through Nigeria.
He additionally suggested members of the general public, significantly potential land purchasers, property builders and traders, to interact the providers of duly registered surveyors when buying landed properties or endeavor survey-related transactions.
