KWGIS REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO PARTNER NIOB ON SAFE BUILDING*

*KWGIS REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO PARTNER NIOB ON SAFE BUILDING*

The Executive Chairman of the Kwara State Geographic Information Service (KWGIS), ESV. Abdulkareem Babatunde Sulyman has stated the readiness of the Agency to partner with the  Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB), Kwara State Chapter, to ensure adherence to best global practices in the building sector.

He described NIOB as the only training and professional body for builders in Nigeria, recognised by the regulatory body, the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON)

The KWGIS Boss, while admitting that advocacies are pivotal to the success of the Institute, urged them to engage in more sensitization and  ensure appropriate sanctions for all unregistered builders in order to guard against building collapse. 

The Chairman informed  that they are free to forward whatever interests or requests they have to his office for further action and onwards transmission to  Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his assent. 

Earlier the Chairman of NIOB, Builder Folaranmi Kazeem Adekunle and his team informed KWGIS of the new Nigeria Building Code (NBC) recently passed into law by the National Assembly, urging the State to domesticate the law, urging the Chairman to facilitate the passage in the State House of Assembly. 
 
He said the Institute has, since emphasized the roles of builders to improving craftsmanship, which has led to the implementation of various programmes at both the national and state levels, among which is the annual National Builders Day programme marked every 13th of March to celebrate "builders day", which is aimed at emphasizing the importance of quality construction in Nigeria. 

"This year, as part of the activities of the builders day, some Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have been selected for courtesy/advocacy visits to sensitize relevant stakeholders about the day", he said. 

He added that engineers, handling government building construction projects, do not  incorporate  professional builders, urging the Chairman to address the situation. 

Also present at the meeting were, the Administrative Secretary KWGIS, Mrs Motunrayo Adaran,  Agency's Legal Adviser, Barr. Omolara Olubiyi, Director, Physical Planning and Development Control,  Tpl. Abdulhakeem Abdulsalam, State Surveyor General, T.A Afolayan, the Director Urban and Regional Planning, Tpl Awolola Ademola, Deputy Director, Land Services, ESV. Olatayo Adekeye, among others. 





COV/ ABDULRAZAQ YUSUF
Press Secretary, 
KW-GIS 
08033588133

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