The President, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Rowland Enyinna Abonta, has kicked against the appointment of non-members of the association as directors of land and deed registrars in some states. Abonta, who spoke in Abuja recently at the 2nd Conference of Directors of Land in federal, state ministries, departments and agencies, said the act was against all extant laws and approved scheme of service in Nigeria. The NIESV president, however, called on all the erring states and the Federal Capital Territory Administration to urgently correct, what he called “this error”. Similarly, he called on all the federal and state MDAs to appoint estate surveyors and valuers as head of estate and housing divisions/departments for professional efficiency.
He said: “As a professional body, we condemn in totality the appointment of nonEstate Surveyors and Valuers as directors of land and deed registrars in some states against the all extant laws and approved scheme of service in Nigeria.
“We call on such states and the Federal Capital Territory Administration to urgently correct this error which has persisted for a long time now in obedience to laws of the lands. “We also call on all federal and state MDAs to appoint Estate Surveyors and Valuers to head their Estate and Housing divisions/departments for professional effi ciency in the service delivery”.