As part of efforts to save cost and improve services to residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Administration is collaborating with the office of the Surveyor General of the Federation through the use of state-of-the-art equipment of the Surveyor General’s office.
FCT Minister Muhammad Musa Bello disclosed this when the Surveyor General of the Federation, Mr Ebisintei Awudu and his technical team paid him a courtesy visit in his office.
He said the move is saving the FCTA scarce resources which can now be invested in other sectors.
According to the minister, “Leveraging on your facilities saves us having to do multiple investment in facilities that are already existing which we can easily utilize.”
While commending the good work of Nigeria’s surveyors in the progressive development of the FCT since its inception, Bello expressed the willingness of FCTA to partner with the office of the Surveyor General of the Federation for the achievement of the individual mandate of both organisations.
Earlier, the Awudu had called for more collaboration between his office and FCTA, especially in the areas of conducting surveys and mapping.
The Surveyor General emphasized the need for FCTA to leverage on the very sensitive equipment of his office which, according to him, could help in identifying earth tremor locations even before they occur and their growth direction.
He charged government organisations to handle data generated from surveys with utmost care adding that such information should be solely in the custody of the Director of Survey in the organization.
Awudu stressed that survey data in the wrong hands could be a threat to any organization or state. FCTA
