Global Surveyors’ Day : Practice ethically, Oyo Surveyor-General charges practitioners

The Surveyor General of Oyo State, Surveyor Olusoji Adeyemi Adeoye, has advised members of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), Oyo State branch to practice ethically while performing their duties.

He stated this during the sensitization programme to mark the 2025 “Global Surveyors Day’, with the theme, “Shaping the new world on the wisdom of surveying”, held at the premises of the office of the Oyo State Surveyor General. Secretariat, Ibadan where members of the Institution celebrated the day with fun-fair and visited the Surveyor General alongside the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development in his office.

He said, “Global Surveyors Day is being celebrated all over the world, Nigeria and Oyo State is not exempted, it is a day set aside to show case  what  surveyors  can do in terms of Geo spatial  information  required  for infrastructural  development.”

He added further that the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors alongside the office of the Surveyor General is working to ensure quality service delivery among the surveyor in the state.

In his remarks, the Chairman Nigerian Institution of Surveyors, Oyo State branch, Surveyor Waheed Abiodun Lamidi, opined that the Global Surveyors Day is being celebrated in Iseyin , Oyo, Ogbomoso and Ibarapa areas of the state to sensitize the general public on the importance of surveying and mapping.

Surveyor Lamidi commended Governor Seyi Makinde for the appointment of substantive Surveyor General in person of Surveyor Adeoye, stating  that since he was appointed things have been improving in surveyors circle.

“We are the first professional body to appreciate Governor Seyi Makinde for the recruitment  of fresh graduates  to the office  of the Surveyor  General, it is highly commendable and  an added advantage  to our profession”, he said.