President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Samuel Adeniran as the new Surveyor-General of the Federation.
The appointment was revealed in a letter with reference FMPW & H/42935/S.1/T2/86, dated January 29, 2020, and signed by the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola.
The office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation is being supervised by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.
Fashola in a statement on Friday said, “I am pleased to inform you that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has approved your appointment as the Surveyor-General of the Federation.”
“This is in accordance with the powers conferred on him (President) by Section 171 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).”
According to the letter, the appointment which took effect from January 10, 2020, was for a term of four years in the first instance and was also renewable upon satisfactory performance.
Adeniran before his appointment was overseeing the affairs of OSGOF since October 8, 2019, following the retirement of Muhammadu Kurfi, the then Director of Photogrammetry and Remote-Sensing.
The OSGF said its new boss, Adeniran, was Director of International Boundary and had served in different ministries, departments and agencies of government, manning offices and units that were responsible for surveying activities.
“He has written several award-winning papers. Disaster Risk Reductions and Management Using Geospatial Data is one of such,” the OSGF stated.