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Estate surveyors and valuers have intensified the fight against quackery in the profession by working to establish mega practices. The Chairman, Estate Agency and Marketing Faculty of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Mr Sam Eboigbe, said the society had become very sophisticated and the business of real estate was changing. He said it had become necessary for ...

Estate surveyors and valuers in the country have advised the Nigerian government to deploy part of the nation’s huge pension funds worth over eight trillion naira to the real estate sector as this will reduce the funding gap in the sector and assist even pensioners own their homes. The chairman estate surveyors and valuers registration board of Nigeria Nweke Umezuruike ...

Stakeholders said Lagos state government has no justification for the increment of land use charge (LUCL) as the economy is biting hard on the masses Fitzgerald Umah, the chairman, Nigerian Institute of Architects urged the government to repeal the Land use charge law (LUCL) to help Lagosians in view of the hardship they were facing Umah said increasing the tax ...

The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Lagos State Branch, has intensified moves to end quackery in the real estate profession. One of the recent moves was the launch of a website where all accredited estate surveyors and valuers would have their profiles and products displayed. During the unveiling of the website at a business luncheon in Lagos, the ...

To improve the nation’s economy, estate surveyors have stressed the need to ensure that viable stock of infrastructure is constantly functional and sustainable. According to them, this could only be sustained through appreciation and enthronement of facility management profession in the national lives. They called for the establishing of a positive correlation between the infrastructure and economic development. According to ...

Fresh widespread opposition may await the Lagos State Government’s newly passed Land Use Charge bill; if indications emerging from the sector’s major players are anything to go by. The proposed law, which repealed the Land Use Charge Law 2001 and enacted Land Use Charge 2017 and For Connected Purposes, aimed at increasing the revenue generation base of the state by ...

Mr. Olayinka Sonaike, the Chairman, Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria, on Tuesday, slumped and died as he readied himself to deliver a lecture at a public event in Abuja. The 74-year-old surveyor, one of the resource persons invited by the ICPC to speak at a one-day colloquium died while delivering his speech at the headquarters of the ...

Property management is an act of inter-mediation between owners and occupiers on issues affecting the parties arising from ownership and occupation of buildings. It is a conscious process of guiding and tailoring an investment in land into profitable venture. Its main concern is the optimization of the owners’ investment. On the other hand, an economy is said to be recessed ...

To promote good professional standards and provide consumers, accessible and effective service, Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON) has tasked Estate Surveyors and Valuers (ESV) to adopt self-regulatory approach in their practice. Chairman of Professional Practice Committee (PPC) and member of ESVARBON, Victor Alonge said the adoption of such approach will enhance the reputation of members. Speaking ...

The practice of estate surveying and valuation in Nigeria has been bedeviled with several challenges leading to negative public perception. In this interview, the second vice president of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) and the principal partner of Portharcourt based Emma Wike & Partners Emma Okas Wike, gives an insight on what the board is doing ...