Surveying is crucial to conflict resolution, national development — Alaafin

While explaining the relevance of geospatial data to planning and implementation activities, the Alaafin of Yoruba Kingdom, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Atanda Adeyemi lll said surveying and mapping is crucial to conflict resolution and national development.

The Alaafin said this while receiving the current Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal School of Surveying (FSS), Oyo, Surv. Abduganiyu Adebomehin along with the FSS Rector, Dr. Dupe Olayinka-Dosunmu and other members of the council at his palace in Oyo recently.

His Imperial Majesty said his kingdom enjoys peace and good communal relations because of the surveying and mapping of farm and residential lands to avoid unnecessary encroachment and conflicts noting that the kingdom has been making good use of surveyors.

Going down memory lane, the royal father mentioned how it became possible for the easy partitioning of Africa after surveys and mapping of the lands was carried out by the colonial masters.

He then thanked the council members for paying him homage and pledged to give his support and cooperation to the FSS.

Earlier, the Chairman of the council, Surv. Abduganiyu Adebomehin who is the Acting Surveyor General of the Federation (SGoF) commended the Alaafin for the support given to the FSS so far.

Surv. Adebomehin maintained that the FSS was long overdue for upgrade to a standard Surveying University pleading with the Alaafin to ensure the provision of adequate land and support towards the upgrading of the school.

According to him, the council and the school management has done much to give the school the desired facelift and much more would be needed to take the school to its glorious height pointing out that the governing council was not resting on its oars.