Surveyors Registration Board Inducts 205 Fresh Members
The Quantity Surveyor Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN) has inducted 205 newly-qualified members into its fold.
At the ceremony in Abuja, the President of the board, Mallam Husaini Dikko, who was represented by its Vice President, Mr. Isaac Sobotie, said the induction is a culmination of hard work and research efforts of the 205 inductees.
According to him, the newly inducted members must live to the tenets and ethics of the profession, adding: “I want you to bear in mind the increased expectations of the profession from you.
“It is a period for sober reflection as every step you take henceforth as a registered Quantity Surveyor is under intense observation and scrutiny, not just by your colleagues but the society at large.
“You must represent and reflect in your mannerisms, general conduct and appearance, the very quintessence of professionalism which is acknowledged not only in Nigeria but globally.”
He explained that Quantity Surveying profession deals on cost and procurement management thoroughly guided by a code of ethics, stressing that it is a profession that preaches accountability, probity, transparency, due process, honesty and integrity. Dishonest persons cannot practise quantity surveying, he said.
He said: “With the induction ceremony of today a total of 2982 registered quantity surveyors and 274 practicing firms are now in the Register of Registered Quantity Surveyors maintained by the Board.
The President, while decrying its poor financial status, said the board recorded some progress, regardless of nearzero funding by the federal government during the entire period under review.
He said: “In the past 3 years, funding from government has not exceeded N10 million for the entire period. In fact, no money was received from government in 2015 and 2016 fiscal years.
“The Board has put in place the infrastructure to track prices of construction inputs like labour, materials and plant to bring sanity into construction project costing in Nigeria through the instrumentality of a construction cost data base.
“What is required is government funding so that the idea can germinate and fly for the good of Nigeria’s economic development. Poor funding is also the handicap on the way of the Board to fill the established vacancies for effective operation of QSRBN as a corporate body.