Estate surveyor: new president of NIESV earned position due to hard work, professional excellence

Election of Bature Muhammad as 27th President of Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) has attracted accolades from an estate surveyor.

Paul Ojenagbon, an estate surveyor and valuer based in Lagos, described Muhammad’s election as well deserved.

He said: “Muhammad earned the position purely by merit, dint of hard work and astute professional excellence espoused over the years in his professional practice and through the rising trajectory of leadership in NIESV. “

He is an indigene of Kaduna State and the first NIESV president of Northern origin in the 57 years history of the institution.

Founded in 1969, NIESV was granted government recognition by enactment of the Estate Surveyors and Valuers (Registration Act) Decree No.24 of 1975.

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He said the Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON) is empowered to regulate and control the practice of the profession of Estate Surveying and Valuation in the country.

NIESV has since assumed a global image with affiliations to an impressive number of land based, internationally renowned bodies.

 These include affiliations to International Real Estate Federation, Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy International Federation of Surveyors, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and International Valuation Standards Council . In the country, the institution is a member of Association Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN).

“Muhammad is an eminently qualified and immensely experienced estate surveyor and valuer who boasts impressive academic and professional accomplishments garnered through the years,” he said.

He had earlier honed his management skills in various professional involvements and distinguished himself in several key roles and capacities as he ascended the ladder of leadership in NIESV, culminating in his rapid rise to the penultimate assignment as the 1st Vice President of NIESV which by a silent agreement adhered to over the years is the heir apparent to the Institution’s throne.

He is stepping into the exalted institution’s leadership at a crucial moment in history, well equipped and prepared for the new role.

Admittedly, estate surveying is still a relatively new profession in Nigeria compared with Engineering, Law, Architecture and Medicine, to mention just a few.

Many Nigerians, even amongst the elite class cannot tell the difference between the functions of an estate surveyor, land surveyor and quantity surveyor.

“Therefore, the Muhammad presidency has much to do to continue the enlightenment campaign until most educated Nigerians, not just those in the major cities, know what an estate surveyor and valuer does,” the report said.