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Surveyors task govt on local content, decry quackery, forgery 

Surveyors under the aegis of the Association of Private Practicing Surveyors of Nigeria (APPSN), a subgroup of Nigeria Institution of Surveyors (NIS), have called on the Federal Government to ensure that contractors respect the Local Content Act by engaging Nigerian professionals in their works.

Vice President International of NIS, Vincent Olumide Adewebi, made the call, while speaking to newsmen during the 2024 yearly general meeting and luncheon of Lagos State branch of APPSN, with the theme, ‘Sustainable Financial Solutions & Understanding Financial Literacy As A Private Practitioner,’ in Ikeja.

Adewebi, a former Secretary General of NIS, noted that non-compliance to the local content law remains one of the major challenges facing surveying practice and other professionals in the built environment.

His words: “Sometimes our work is lumped up with other projects, and the country doesn’t…
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