How to implement 1962 Surveyor Coordination Act, by FG
06 February 2023 |
3:13 am
In line with technological advancement, the Federal Government plans to inaugurate a Monitoring, Implementation and Enforcement Team (MIET), aimed at enforcing the 1962 Surveyor Coordination Act.
Minister of Works and Housing, Fashola
In line with technological advancement, the Federal Government plans to inaugurate a Monitoring, Implementation and Enforcement Team (MIET), aimed at enforcing the 1962 Surveyor Coordination Act.
The government noted that the Act is long overdue for review, hence, it has continued to evolve a template for its provisions, saying, the legislature will remain relevant in the process as the Act could still serve many purposes for national security.
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who spoke at the joint meeting with the Armed Forces and other agencies in Abuja, said surveying and mapping activities are in the Concurrent list and can be invoked against violations.
Fashola stated that the issues of national security are profoundly the primary function and responsibility of government like any other nation in the world, adding that there is hardly any human activity that is exclusion of matters of protection.
According to him, the essentiality of the law cannot be overemphasised because it is made to ensure the preservation of life and property, ensure orderliness in the society and maintenance of peace. Law, they said, guarantees the existence of life.
The minister observed that enforcement of the law has always been the problem of the successive administrations in the country over the years, stressing that the situation warranted the level of undisciplined actions of groups undermining the nation’s security presently.
He, therefore, urged the State Surveyor Generals to inaugurate their teams to monitor surveying and mapping activities across the country, calling for deep reflections around security challenges to stimulate robust policies and actions from state actors.
Also, Surveyor General of the Federation, Abuduganiyu Adebomehin, said they have reviewed their operations, revamped the Monitoring and Implementation Unit for the successful enforcement of the Act.
Adebomehin said the primary responsibility of the armed Forces, Police and other security operatives is to defend and protect the territorial integrity of Nigeria against external and domestic threats, uphold and enforce the law of the land.
He declared: “The Act is fundamental to national security. Therefore, it is the business of any government all over the world to earnestly monitor and supervise the activities of surveying and geoinformatics within and around its territorial jurisdiction.
Contributing, Dr. Olusola Ayoola of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Nigeria, called for artificial intelligence and robotic in geospatial for national security, saying that these will checkmate threats to rail lines, pipeline, telecommunications and farms.
Ayoola called for a total overhaul of the country’s intelligence network as some buildings and forests have become hideouts for criminality and insurgency, stressing that the Federal Government will need to track human activities more intelligently (with indigenous technology).
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