NIS partners Kaduna Govt to address land litigations

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

Worried by the high number of land litigations pending in various courts in Kaduna State, the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors, (NIS), has vowed to put its professional mechanism in motion to help in finding solutions to the cases.
NIS state Council Chairman, Surv. Daudu Andrew, asserted this during the oath taking of new exco and induction of new members into the institution held in Kaduna yesterday.
According to him, the surveyors are supposed to be part of legal instrument of land – certificate of occupancy (C of O) which gives right to land owners. But unfortunately, the Surveyors are not carried along during the processes.
Surv. Andrew however, said, talk is in progress, with the State Government to see how members of the Institution can contribute their professional quotas to the process of issuing legal land documents in the state.
He believes this would immensely reduced land litigations in the state.
He called on the Kaduna State Government to ensure their inclusion of the members of the institution in government projects. Stressing no projects can stand the test of time and no Certificate of Occupancy Is free from litigation if there is No surveyors contribution.
He charged members of the Institution of Surveyors to keep upgrading and expanding their professional prowess, through training, if they must remain useful and relevant in the ever-changing world.
He said professionals in the sector should consistently seek to improve themselves for adequate competition, saying surveyors must eschew all tendencies capable of undermining the professional ethics in the overall interest of the people and country at large.