The Surveyor-General of the Federation, Taiwo Adeniran at the weekend, stated that government agencies saddled with data collection responsibility are inadequately funded.
He also called for a review of the survey training institutions curriculum to address the needs and the challenges of geospatial information in the country’s current environment.
This was stated in a communique issued at the end of 54th survey coordination and advisory board on survey training conference in Abuja and signed by the Surveyor-General.
The Communique observed that the issue of a curriculum for hydrographic surveying at the training institute was still to be addressed.
It noted that the ratio of lecturers to students in surveyors training institutions was inadequate, while also noting that surveyors are not conducting research to identify challenges in their environment.
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To this end, the communique recommended that the Federal Government (FG) increases funding for data collecting agencies.
Also, it tasked the office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation on providing the standard of the metadata to be submitted by State Surveyor Generals and security agencies.
It also recommended that the survey Council of Nigeria liaise with the National University Commission and National Board for Technical Education for the Curriculum on hydrographic surveying and other specialized courses.
It, among other recommendations, urged the FG and other relevant stakeholders to encourage the employment of lecturers.
On the need for a review of institutions’ curriculum, the Surveyor-General said:” We realised that some of the curricula in some of our schools, particularly in our geography, photo geometric and remote sensors and other specialised areas that there is need to be able to improve or to review some of these curricula to be able to address the needs and the challenges of geospatial information in our current environment.”
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