Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) had accused the FIRS management of flouting provisions of extant laws in Nigeria, particularly the Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria Decree No. 24 of 1975 (as it was then known) now CAP E13 LFN, 2007.</p>
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The marriage of convenience between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and estate surveyors may collapse, as the Abuja headquarters of the agency is threatening to take the land economists to court for questioning its alleged breach of professional practice.
Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) had accused the FIRS management of flouting provisions of extant laws in Nigeria, particularly the Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria Decree No. 24 of 1975 (as it was then known) now CAP E13 LFN, 2007.
In the publication signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Charles Ebiai, the institution said the agency erred in the appointment of a non-estate surveying and valuation company to carry out valuation of corporate properties in FCT, Abuja and other major cities in Nigeria for the purposes of tax assessments.
On the part of NIESV leadership, the battle line seems to have been drawn as the President, Dr. Bolarinde Patunola-Ajayi declined comment on the issue. Another estate surveyor, Mr. Sola Enitan hinted that the institution might consider taking its case to the public complaints commission, judiciary and National Assembly to seek redress.
He said: “The FIRS has done unconstitutional things, with respect to the valuation they have done in recent times, they stand in the breach of the Bureau of Public Procurement Act .”
“The letter is absolutely in a bad taste. I don’t think estate surveyors in Nigeria will take the matter lightly. It is unfortunate, this impunity of public servants in Nigeria. For somebody to say, you can use anybody to do consultancy work, we’re shocked.”
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