Surveyors advise govt on flood control

Association of Private Practicing Surveyors of Nigeria (APPSN) has urged the Federal Government to consult survey practitioners on best ways to control flooding when embarking on projects in affected areas.

The association also advised the Federal Government to partner practitioners when locating infrastructure in any part of the country to get the topography in order to reduce costs and other unnecessary spendings.

APPSN Delta State Chairman Dabiri Thomas at the association’s National Delegates Meeting in Warri, urged government to handle the issue of survey as critical in infrastructural development.

Federal Government, Thomas said, should imbibe the habit of consulting surveyors when carrying out capital projects to avoid wastage.

Thomas said: “We are having this kind of meetings to create awareness for the general public that surveyors should always be consulted like any other professionals when building infrastructure.

“Most of the flooding problems we are going through in this country are because most of the time surveyors are not usually consulted; Surveyors must have to be consulted to provide the best way to control flooding.

APPSN National Chairman said the body is out to achieve set goals and development in all areas of operation.