Dec 18, 2020
3rd left, AFRIGIST Governing Council Chairman, Mallam Keita_ Osun Deputy Governor, Mr Alabi_ SGoF, Surv Taiwo and AFRIGIST Executive Director, Dr Akingbade 2nd left.
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The Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGoF) is an extra-ministerial, career, pooling and self-accounting office under the supervision of the Minister of Works and Housing. The office is saddled with the constitutional and statutory responsibilities of carrying out trigonometrical, cadastral and topographical surveys; it is also her responsibilities to implement the provisions of the Survey Coordination Act of 1962 and its subsequent amendments.
As the apex surveying and mapping authority of the Nigerian government, OSGoF is responsible for the provision of requisite geospatial data or information needs for the government or any sectors of the economy. Among the products of surveying and mapping is geospatial information. National planning and development generally in developing countries have become herculean, and what is needed to demystify the myths, particularly around the challenges of planning and development of physical infrastructure is nothing less of geospatial data. Geospatial Data has strongly been recommended by the United Nations (UN) as necessary ingredients for any tangible development.