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BREAKING: Tinubu Appoints Three Oyo Indigenes to Surveyor Council
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Moshood Akinwande as President of the Surveyor Council
- President Bola Tinubu has appointed Moshood Akinwande as President of the Surveyor Council of Nigeria, with Olusoji Adeoye and Olaribigbe Shiyanbola named as council members representing Oyo State.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of retired surveyor Moshood Akinwande as the new President of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON), alongside the appointment of Olusoji Adeoye and Olaribigbe Shiyanbola as council members representing Oyo State.
The appointments were confirmed in a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Ibrahim Abubakar, on behalf of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume.
According to the letter, the newly constituted council will be inaugurated on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at the SGF’s Hall, Shehu Shagari Complex, Three Arms Zone, Abuja.
The Federal Government said the council comprises representatives from the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors, academic institutions offering surveying programmes, the military, and other relevant stakeholders.
Akinwande, a native of Oyo town, is a retired director in the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation.
Adeoye currently serves as the Surveyor-General of Oyo State, while Shiyanbola, from Ipapo in Itesiwaju Local Government Area, is a former Oyo State Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors and former Secretary of the Board of Fellows of the institution.
The appointments are expected to strengthen the leadership of the Surveyors Council and advance the regulation and development of the surveying profession in Nigeria.
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