The Affiliation of Non-public Working towards Surveyors of Nigeria (APPSN) in Lagos State on Wednesday launched a brand new on-line app for a database of members, to keep off quacks and guarantee sufficient regulation.

APPSN is a subgroup of the Nigerian Establishment of Surveyors (NIS).

The app was unveiled through the 2022 Annual Workshop and Luncheon of the affiliation in Ikeja with the theme: “Surveying Security; Well being and Nicely Being of a Surveyor”.

APPSN Nationwide Chairman, Thomas Dabiri, stated the app would help in creating extra consciousness because the nation’s legal guidelines don’t enable surveyors to promote.

“The net will make correct data and database accessible to the general public.

“We’re launching the app as a result of know-how is vital,” he stated.

Mr Dabiri stated there would not be want for surveyors to hold heavy gear as most transactions could possibly be tidied up electronically earlier than precise area assessments.

He appealed to the federal authorities to ease drone restriction tips for surveyors for effectivity in mapping, flood management, pipelines monitoring and different environmental points affecting the nation.

“I feel the strict restriction on drones is just too arduous and harsh and we’re begging the federal government to see the necessity to domicile a few of the restrictions below Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON).

“To import drones now, it’s a must to get a letter from the Particular Adviser on Safety, to the Presidency, a whole lot of cumbersome paperwork which isn’t good.

“Within the long-run, we will’t monitor floods, we will’t monitor the forest, we will’t monitor our ocean, even crime, however for those who enable surveyors to have entry below SURCON which is our regulatory physique, I feel it’s higher,” he stated.

Ibikunle Adaranijo, Lagos Department Chairman, APPSN, who was additionally chairman of the event, stated the cellular app would checkmate faux surveyors who have been forging registration numbers and impersonating professionals.

Mr Adaranijo stated that surveyors’ roles have been additionally being hijacked and the app would forestall surveyors from being shortchanged.

He stated surveying was the bedrock of improvement however lamented that surveyors have been uncared for in Nigeria, therefore the failures seen in numerous initiatives in addition to a number of circumstances of constructing collapse.

Earlier, whereas delivering his welcome speech, he stated the affiliation had a imaginative and prescient to at all times acquaint members with present developments within the area and observe points, therefore the workshop.

Olugbenga Adams, Publicity Secretary, APPSN, in a slide presentation, defined how the cellular app works on numerous telephones and the way it could possibly be used globally for funds and common goal.

Mr Adams stated the app would deal with problems with impersonation, get rid of quacks and make surveying observe within the nation straightforward and easy for each shoppers and professionals.

“The app will give the easiest way to get to the workplace of the surveyor,” he stated. 

(NAN)