Nigeria to build first underground tunnel in Africa – Surveyor-General

Nigerian Government is planning to put in underground tunnel from the Victoria Island in Lagos to Badagry, which will be the first tunnel in the whole of African continent.

The Surveyor General of the Federation (SGOF) Surv. Abuduganiyu Adebomehin disclosed this when hosting the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS) Abuja branch in his office on Tuesday.
He said the planning was made when his office carried out the tour of the coastal bridge with the Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi recently.

The Surveyor-General stated that the Federal Govt blueprint to map Nigeria is on course and those threatening court actions against the movement of his office to Presidency will only amount to fighting presidential order.

According to him, “His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was very interested after he was briefed by SGOF that the last time Nigeria was mapped was in the 70s, I don’t know why some people are threatening to go to court over this decision”.
He added, “this is the first time, we would be having real surveying in Nigeria under the Renewed Hope Agenda of Mr President, no one can challenge Presidential order”.

Adebomehin told the Institute that his gain is to give surveying profession ample opportunity to develop.

“It is much better for OSGOF to be under presidency to harnessing its potentials, the office has been working with low budget and slow in decision making because of the bureaucracy”, the Surveyor-General added.
Earlier in his votes of thanks Surv. Robert Coker, the head of Hydrography in OSGOF said “Anyone that is not happy with the movement of OSGOF to the Presidency amount to fighting presidential order and they have to contend with the highest authority in the land“.

He enjoined NIS and others within surveying profession to ensure that the image of the profession is well protected by properly guiding the upcoming young surveyors.

Surv Alfred Adeojo, the NIS FCT (Secretary ) said, “with the movement of OSGOF to presidency it means good things are ahead of us and it took the SGOF lot of courage and boldness to achieve this and we the young ones coming behind him shall emulate this.