Surveyors in Oyo state have been encouraged to do more with their profession by using their skills to promote the civil service in the state.
This was stated by the Oyo state Head of Service, Mrs. Ololade Agboola during the 2022 Annual symposium with the theme “Application of GIS in Agriculture” held at NIS Plaza, Ikolaba, Ibadan.
Mrs. Ololade Agboola who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Oyesola Oyedele asked Surveyors in the State to maintain the ethics of their profession.
She said, the symposium served two purposes, which are to honor past leaders who had contributed immensely to the growth and development of the association and also to uphold the ethics of the profession .
Nigeria needs to diversify its economy and one of the bases for Nigeria’s Economy is agriculture, especially in the South-West; she added.
While encouraging the Surveyors to maintain the ethics and code of their profession and also look out for ways to use their skills to progress the civil service in the state, she also
urges other professions in the service to emulate the Nigeria Institution of Surveyors in the State by organizing this kind of symposium for their members to enhance their performance and efficiency.
In his remarks, the Surveyor General of Oyo State also the Chairman, of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON), and Oyo State Ethics Committee, Surveyor Alaba Abiodun said the symposium was organized to enlighten the public on the relevance of surveying, especially in the agriculture.
The Surveyor General hinted that Agriculture is one of the four-point agendas of the present administration in the State led by Engineer Seyi Makinde; “we want to make our impact as Surveyors to contribute our quota to revolutionalize Agriculture so that there would be abundant food supply in the State”.
The Guest lecturer Professor Olajide Kufoniyi admonished the government at all levels to embrace the Geographical Information Service (GIS) to promote Agriculture in Nigeria.
Present at the event were the representative of the Secretary to the State Government, Permanent Secretary, General Administration, Governor’s Office, Mr. Ayorinde, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Bayo Raji, Former Rector, of Federal School of Surveying, Oyo, Professor Bada Babatunde Saheed and Dr. Samuel Ayodele from International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, among others.
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