A fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Mr. Mayowa Adebiyi, has charged the leadership of the professional association to enact appropriate laws that will prescribe tougher sanctions on non-professionals, who have been claiming to be members of the NIESV.
Adebiyi appealed to the governments at the local, state and federal levels to help in sustaining the nobility of the profession by joining hands with its relevant organs in the fight against quacks.
He said, “Non-registered members of the Institution whoever claimed to be professionals should be properly investigated, tried in the law courts and made to face the full wrath of the law to serve as deterrent to other impostors.”
Though, another operator, Mr. Tayo Oyeleke, commended the leadership of the institute in Lagos for sustaining the fight against quacks in the profession, he noted that it was not yet ‘uhuru’ as the problem might not be totally eradicated.
He urged other states of the federation to emulate the Lagos State chapter of the association in the sustenance of the fight against fake practitioners who had given the profession a bad name.
“Other members of the Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers in the country should join hands with the leadership of the organisation, not only to work assiduously to ensure the body becomes chartered like other professional bodies, but also to ensure that the laws that established the institution are more respected,” he said.
For a successful career, Adebiyi advised the young estate surveyors and valuers to have the fear of God, follow due process to develop and advance in life as well as avoid the get-rich mentality that had prompted many youths to look for short-cuts and illegal ways to make money, adding that they should endeavour to have the required training under their seniors in the profession before being on their own.
He counseled them to be upright at all times, be above board, work hard and endeavour to rededicate themselves to professional practices and ethical standards in order to help the estate surveying profession to achieve its aims and
purposes.
Oyeleke added that young estate surveyors should not only believe in themselves and be slow and steady, but should also be consistent, courageous, fearless and prepared to uphold the honour and integrity of the estate surveying profession at all times.
