The Surveyor General of the Federation, Abuduganiyu Adebomehin, has said that the Federal Government blueprint to map Nigeria is on course and that those threatening court actions against the movement of the Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation to the Presidency, with the powers given to the office, will only amount to challenging a presidential order.
He made these remarks while hosting the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors, Abuja branch, in his office.
He said, “His Excellency President Bola Tinubu was very interested after he was briefed by SGOF that the last time Nigeria was mapped was in the 70s. I don’t know why some people are threatening to go to court over this decision.
“This is the first time we would be having real surveying in Nigeria under the Renewed Hope Agenda of Mr President; no one can challenge the presidential order.
“My office carried out the tour of the coastal bridge with the Minister of Works, David Umahi.
The Federal Government is trying to put in a tunnel from Victoria Island to Badagry in Lagos State, and that will be the first tunnel in the whole of Africa.”
He added, “My aim is to give the surveying profession ample opportunity to develop. It is much better for OSGOF to be under the presidency to harness its potential; the office has been working with a low budget and is slow in decision-making because of the bureaucracy.”
In a similar vein, the head of Hydrography in OSGOF, Robert Coker, reiterated that anyone opposing the movement of OSGOF to the Presidency was challenging a presidential order and must contend with the highest authority in the land.
“Anyone that is not happy with the movement of OSGOF to the Presidency amounts to fighting the presidential order, and they have to contend with the highest authority in the land.”
He enjoined NIS and others within the surveying profession to ensure that the image of the profession is well protected by properly guiding the upcoming young surveyors.
Meanwhile, the NIS FCT Secretary, Alfred Adeojo, noted that with the movement of OSGOF to the presidency, it meant good things were ahead, adding that it took the SGOF a lot of courage and boldness to achieve this, and we, the young ones coming behind him, shall emulate this.
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