Fresh Shake-Up: Tinubu Unveils New Appointments, Three Oyo Indigenes Emerge

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of three Oyo State indigenes into the governing council of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON).....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

The appointments were confirmed in an official letter obtained by The PUNCH, signed by the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Ibrahim Abubakar, on behalf of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume.

Under the new appointments, Moshood Akinwande was named President of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria, while Olusoji Adeoye and Olaribigbe Shiyanbola were appointed as members of the council representing Oyo State.

According to the letter, the newly constituted council will be inaugurated on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at the SGF’s Hall, Shehu Shagari Complex, Three Arms Zone, Abuja.

“I write with reference to the above subject to forward herewith a copy of Mr President’s approval for the appointment of the President and members of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria and to convey the Secretary to the Government of the Federation’s approval for the inauguration of the council,” the letter stated.

It added that the council’s membership comprises representatives from various stakeholder groups, including the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors, academic institutions offering surveying programmes, the military and other relevant bodies.

Akinwande, who was appointed President of the council, is a retired director in the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation and hails from Oyo town.

Adeoye currently serves as the Surveyor-General of Oyo State, while Shiyanbola, an indigene of Ipapo in Itesiwaju Local Government Area, is a former Oyo State Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors and a former Secretary of the institution’s Board of Fellows.