The Chairman, Surveyors Vanguard of Nigeria, Alhaji Kola Ajibike, has said surveying profession is the bedrock of national development.
He made the declaration at the fourth annual seminar and inauguration of new executive members of the association, with the theme, “The Surveyors Creed and You,” held in Ibadan.
He stated that the role of surveyors could not be overemphasized given their role as pathfinders to national development.
He said, “before any building can be built, someone needs to have the picture of the land on paper to know the dimensions and tomography of the building and for engineers and other professionals to work on it.
“Surveyor is the bedrock of other professions, which they rely on for their foundation laying and other professional practices. The seminar is a yearly activity of the vanguard to gear up the surveyors to be more mindful of what they give to the public so as to serve them better.
“The choice of seminar lecture is to gain from the wealth of experience and knowledge of our well resourced fathers in the profession, the seminar will go a long way to widen the horizon and understanding of the participants on ethical practice.
“There is a need for them to know the right thing to do for the public, because the importance of surveyor can not be over emphasized; surveyor has to be contacted before a anything can be done on a land for any meaningful development.”
The NIS chairman in Oyo State, Surveyor Aderemi Kobiowu, said the theme of the seminar would help to enlighten members more on how to relate with other members of the public and at the same time, the professional integrity required in dealing with other professional colleagues.
He maintained that Surveyors Vanguard was an organised pressure group with the aims of seeing to the development and well being of members and also determine the political landscape of the profession both at state and national level.
The chairman of the occasion, Surveyor Rufus Akeredolu, said the seminar was for the surveyors to think of the precision and accuracy whenever they were practising so as to meet the goal and ethics of the profession.
