Expert tasks students to take
Surveying as profession
By: Femi Mustapha
The patron of the Nigerian institution of surveying and Geoinformatics students Kaduna chapter, surveyor Musa Ephraim has advised students to see surveying as a profession and focus on building a future for themselves to promote the growth of the country.
He asserted this during a sensitization and orientation program organized by the Nigerian institution of surveying and Geoinformatics student NISGS Kaduna Chapter held in Kaduna on 30th August 2023.
Speaking on the Theme of the sensitization ” Surveying in the modern world: A look at the opportunities” Surv. Ephraim admonished the students that they must choose a profession that corresponds to their interests and abilities.
He advised the students to build deeper knowledge and distinguish themselves in that aspect of surveying which would help them to build deeper knowledge and distinguish them for future challenges.
He, however, warned them that it is mandatory to hold the tenets of the profession as they strive for excellence in their study.
Ephraim disclosed that the purpose of the sensitization program was to orient the new intakes of the Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics on the importance of the profession.
According to him even if most of them did not choose the surveyor as a career they were not given by mistake adding that there are plenty of opportunities in the profession.
Similarly Former Registrar Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON) Surv W.A Ayeni
Expressed dismay that the government is ignorant of surveying., saying the government is ignorant as they only look at surveying from the aspect of C of O, but every aspect of life needs surveying.
He disclosed that Nigeria is 4% cadastrated which, according to him is shameful, he added that the late president Yaradua created a presidential land reform committee, which was supposed to help in cadastration but the concept become dormant since his death, and no one has in the government is talking about it

Ayeni also lamented the high number of students admitted without the provision of adequate facilities to enable them to learn better
“Some people see education as a source of internal revenue, which it is not, in my time we had practically one equipment to two students, but today it is about 200 hundred students with not up to 10 digital equipment which is wrong.” He said
He further added that flood can be curtailed through the use of surveyor’s skills, as they can predict where can be flooded and give advice on where the residents of a potentially flooded place can be moved to.