Stakeholder Tasks NIQS On Ethics, Discipline

A stakeholder in the building industry and a structural engineer in Port Harcourt, Engr. Dennis Wonodi, has urged the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) to be firm in punishing erring members of the Institute who violate the laws of the institute.

Making this known in an interview with The Tide in Port Harcourt, Wonodi explained that this has become very necessary in the face of increasing cases of collapsed buildings across the country which could be traced to the use of inadequate or substandard materials.

Wonodi said that the cases of infrastructure collapse across the country would be drastically reduced if the concept of “Do the Right Thing” permeates the institute and every facet of our existence as a people.

He said: “NIQS should apply the full weight of existing regulations on all erring members of the institute in the spirit of the “Do The Right Thing” campaign of the National Orientation Agency (NOA).

The structural engineer also expressed confidence in the present Senate of the institute to bring the nightmare of building collapse in the country to an end.

Wonodi expressed worries on why the NIQS was not included in the national procurement council, and described their omission as a grievous oversight, adding that the procurement policy of the federal government was a crucial area where the quantity surveyor’s skills were required.

He therefore called for the inclusion of the NIQS in the National procurement council and to be recognised in the ongoing amendment of the Procurement Act by the National Assembly, and as well solicited for NOA support in realising this goal.

Corlins Walter