By SUNDAY ABBA, Abuja
The Surveyor General of the Federation (SGoF), Surv. Abuduganiyu Adeyemi Adebomehin has emphasised the need for Nigeria to evolve a National Geospatial Data Infrastructure, NGDI, in order to own her data and every other information pertaining the land.
Surv. Adebomehin made his position known while briefing the newly appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arch. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, and that of State for Housing and Urban Development, Alhaji Abdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo in Abuja, a statement by the head, Press and Public Relations, OSGoF, Mr Abu Michael, said on Thursday.
According to him, many countries have developed their own NGDI rather than depending on the information being provided by Google adding that the data being provided by Google in some cases are inaccurate because it do not have the correct coordinates.
He said the Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation (OSGoF) is already working on the NGDI but which is currently hampered by paucity of funds.
According to him, OSGoF requires adequate funds to be able to secure server and other devices for an active High Performance Data Centre so as to store data in the clouds.
The Surveyor Adebomehin commended the ministers for the concerns already shown by them and their pledge of support to the office.
