SURVEY EXAMINATION AND LICENSING OF SURVEYORS REGULATIONS
Regulation · Land & Housing
Regulations establish the examination system and licensing procedures for professional surveyors in Nigeria. They target surveying graduates and surveying firms. This maintains professional standards and ensures the accuracy of survey work.
What Is This Policy?
Regulations establishing the examination system, qualification requirements, and licensing procedures for professional surveyors in Nigeria, ensuring that only qualified persons conduct land, hydrographic, and geodetic survey work.
Who Does It Target?
Surveying graduates seeking professional registration The Surveyor-General of the Federation and state surveyors-general Survey firms and engineering companies employing surveyors Lands, housing, and infrastructure ministries
What Does It Aim to Achieve?
To maintain professional standards in surveying, ensure the accuracy and legal validity of survey plans, protect landowners from substandard survey work, and regulate the growth of the surveying profession.
Key Features
Professional Examinations: Candidates must pass prescribed professional examinations to qualify for a surveying licence. Practical Experience: A minimum period of supervised field experience is required before examination eligibility. Licensing Register: The Surveyor-General maintains a register of licensed surveyors open to public inspection. Continuing Education: Licensed surveyors must undertake prescribed continuing professional development. Disciplinary Powers: The regulatory body may suspend or revoke licences for professional misconduct.
Current Status
In force. Administered by the Surveyor-General of the Federation and the Survey Council of Nigeria, with professional licensing required for all practising surveyors before they may undertake survey work.
Hold a relevant university degree in surveying or related field Complete the required supervised field experience Apply to sit the professional examinations and pay prescribed fees Application method: Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation, Abuja; state surveyor-general offices
Important Terms
Using the title 'Licensed Surveyor' without a licence is a criminal offence Licences must be renewed annually Survey plans prepared by unlicensed persons are not accepted by the Lands Registry
Official Resources
Website: www.osgof.gov.ng Policy Summary Document | Federal Republic of Nigeria
Legal Framework
Issued under the Survey Act Cap S16 LFN 2004 and the Surveyors Registration Council of Nigeria Act. Operates alongside the Land Use Act 1978, the National Boundary Commission Act, the Physical Planning Act, and the international surveying standards of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG).