Values of land outside urban areas not known – ESVARBON boss

“Presently, values of land outside urban areas are not known, they are not recognized and that gives the impression that such lands do not have value”

Maduka Nweke

Sir Nweke Umezuruike is the Chairman Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON). It is an agency of the Federal Government that regulates and controls the practice of estate surveying and valuation practice in Nigeria. In this interview with Daily Sun, Nweke fielded questions ranging from the efforts of the Board in increasing the GDP of the country through its services to its membership of International Valuers Standard Council (IVSC). He noted that the call for the unification of all surveying professional bodies as is the practice in the United Kingdom where the RICS holds sway and in the neighbouring Ghana was basically to ensure a proper functioning and surveying practice between…