The new president of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Mr. ROWLAND ABONTA plans to create enabling environment for business development and job opportunities for members. In this interview with Property & Environment Editor, CHINEDUM UWAEGBULAM, he spoke on the issue of quackery and other real estate sector matters. As controversy trails the Lagos land use charge, estate surveyors are being blamed for using the market value to assess property, which may impoverish residents. Don’t your institution have laid down rules on how to approach such valuation? The first policy made by the government had no input from estate surveyors. As a matter of fact, estate surveyors as advocates of the public and also national group with responsibility knows that they ought to make contributions before the law was enacted. We protested to the government in writing just as the public outcry was going on. Of course, we got positive response from government. I can ...