FCTA collaborates with Surveyor General on cost saving

Collaboration
By Kabir Muhammad
Abuja, March 20, 2019 (NAN) The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is collaborating with the office of the Surveyor General of the Federation to save cost and improve services to residents.

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello said this when the Surveyor General of the Federation, Mr Ebisintei Awudu and his technical team paid him a courtesy visit on Wednesday in Abuja.

Bello said the move was saving the FCTA scarce resources which can now be invested in other sectors.

“Leveraging on your facilities saves us having to do multiple investments in facilities that are already existing which we can easily utilise,’’ he said.

Bello commended the good work of Nigeria’s surveyors in the development of the territory since its inception.

The minister said the FCT Administration would continue to partner with the Surveyor General for the achievement of the individual mandate of both organisations.

Earlier, Awudu had called for more collaboration between his office and the FCTA in the areas of conducting surveys and mapping.

He emphasised the need for the FCTA to leverage on the sensitive equipment of his office in identifying earth tremor locations even before they occur and its growth direction.

He urged government agencies to handle data generated from surveys with utmost care.

“Such information should be solely in the custody of the Director of Survey in the organisation. Survey data in the wrong hands could be a threat to any organisation or state,’’ he said. (NAN)
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