Moghalu calls for rebranding of surveyors

The presidential candidate of Young Progressive Party (YPP), in the 2019 election, Dr. Kingsley  Moghalu, has called on  the Nigerian Institute of Surveyors (NIS) to reposition the institute by rebranding the profession to make it attractive to  younger ones.

Moghalu made the appeal recently while delivering a keynote address at the 53rd annual general meeting of the NIS held in Anambra State.

He said the institute needs to rebrand the profession from surveyor to geo-spatial technologies to appeal to younger generation who are digitally driven.

“The surveyor has not much meaning to younger ones. Whenever it is rebranded to reflect the digital world, many youths will be attracted to the profession. Rebranding from surveyor to geo spatial technologies will make more sense to them,” he said.

He said the world is now digital and the surveyor must move with the trend to attract younger brains.

Moghalu described surveyors as a critical institution in the development of any country, because they provide necessary data for national planning and development.

According to him, Nigeria cannot plan without data and data for monitoring of natural disasters are provided by surveyors.

Earlier in his speech, the president of NIS, Mr. Alabo Charles, advocated for surveyors to have offices at all the local governments of the federation.