Akinwande emerges surveyors council president as Tinubu picks Oyo trio

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of three indigenes of Oyo State into the Surveyors Council of Nigeria.

In a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Ibrahim Abubakar, on behalf of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, Moshood Akinwande was named President of the council, while Olusoji Adeoye and Olaribigbe Shiyanbola were appointed as members 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.

The council comprises representatives from various interest groups, including the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors, academic institutions offering surveying programmes, and the military.

Akinwande, a retired director in the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation, is a native of Oyo town.

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