OSGOF ORGANIZES CONFERENCE FOR ZONAL DIRECTORS, CHIEF RESIDENT SURVEYORS .... Tasks Them Adopting Technological Advancement
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3rd from left: Surveyor General of the Federation Surv Abduganiyu Adeyemi Adebomehin delivering his welcome address at the event |
A conference for Zonal Directors and Chief Resident Surveyors has been organized by the office of the Surveyor General of the Federation, with the theme; The Future of Work: Adapting to Changes in the Geopsatial Ecosystem and the Public Service.
The event took place at the SURCON Chambers in Abuja this week.
The Surveyor General of the Federation (SGOF) Surv. Abuduganiyu Adeyemi Adebomehin, while giving his welcome address at the Conference, called for a new approach in the way things are done. He said; ”We are taking a detour from the way we used to do things before now and one of the salient issues before us is that, what we were taught in the school is not what its happening now."
Adebomehin noted that, as Surveyors, “We have equipment now that predetermine our locations, that predetermine our position." He urged the participants to use the job as surveyor to impact on humanity, safeguard the data and information gathered to provide decision that is needed.
SGOF charged the surveyors to go for further studies in order for them to be able to take advantage of the advancement of technology that will aid them in their career and to be able to talk like a professional with authority in their chosen field.
"The breakdown is that we have technological advancement that will develop our work which we all have to go and equip ourselves with.
"The second one is that you should live up to expectations when you are representing us in the state." He stated while appealing to the participants
Surv. Abuduganiyu further advised that, “wherever we find ourselves, we should always keep to the civil service reform rules so that we can take the opportunity within the system, in order not to be relegated to the background."
Earlier, the Director (Infrastructure Surveys) at the Office of the Surveyor –General of the Federation (OSGOF) Surv. Onyekwere C Nwogu in his opening remarks said, "The Surveyor General is doing everything necessary within the budgetary provision to revamp the zonal Headquarters and Field Offices. This is evident in the completed and the ongoing physical development projects across the nation.“
Surv. Nwogu further stated that, "It is also worthy of note that the Surveyor General is very passionate about capacity building as several members of staff, through sponsorship are undergoing post graduate and master’s degree programmes at African Regional Institute for Geospatial Information Science and Technology (Afrigist).
Surv. Onyekwere therefore urged the Zonal Directors and the Chief Resident Surveyors to see the conference as a catalyst for the positive transformation, saying that; ”productivity is not about achieving more but achieving better.“
Surv. Sylvester Okafor, a Director in the OSGOF Office who was also present at the event enjoined the Chief Resident Surveyors to be good ambassador of the SGOF. He said; “You are representing the SGOF in your state and that is why you have to build yourself because, you will also benefit from it after service.“
To increase the knowledge base of the participants, they were enlightened on civil service, professionalism and ICT.
The following presentations were made at the conference by different resource persons namely: (a) Current Reforms in the Federal Civil Service (b) Maintaining Productivity in remote Locations: Tools and Strategy for professional Growth and Peak Performance (c) Exploring the Power of Lidar Technology in Surveying.
All the Zonal Directors presented their reports. These included the Zonal Director of North East, Surv. Magaji Salisu Datti who, in a vote of thanks, stated that “the conference has prepared us to do our work efficiently and it shall be so sustained and we shall take the messages down to our different zones.“
This was contained in a statement signed by Henry David, Head, Information and Public Relations Unit of OSGOF and made available to Naij News Alert in Abuja.
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