Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: May | Volume: 7 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 200-206
Awareness of Professional Values of Estate Surveyors and Valuers on the Scope of Artefacts’ and Sacred Objects’ Valuations in Umuahia, Abia State
Olukayode A. Salawu1, Olutoba A. Ilekoin1, Ochepo S. Abah2, Rasheed T. Bhadmus3
1Powered Signature Limited Kaduna, Estate Management Department, Federal Polytechnic Bauchi,
2Surveying and Geoinformatics Department, Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, Nigeria.
3Quantity Surveying Department, Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, Nigeria.
Corresponding Author: Olukayode A. Salawu
ABSTRACT
Estate Surveyors and Valuers like every other professions have Professional values, are of standards accepted to be portrayed by any of the members of Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers while engaging in professional duties. These professional values are taught during the formal academics and educational attainment, professional seminars and workshops, mandatory continuous development programs, years of work life of professionals etc. Falling below any of the professional values by any Estate Surveyor and Valuer is synonymous to professional negligence and misconduct: which makes such professional member liable to sanctions under laws, edict, decree, ordinances etc. This paper examined awareness of professional values of Estate Surveyors and Valuers on the scope of artefacts’ and sacred objects’ valuations in Umuahia, Abia state. Through snowball sampling method, data were collected with a set of questionnaires (having close-ended, open-ended and Likert-scale questions) and analysed through descriptive analysis. From data collected and analysed, it was revealed that ESVs do carryout valuation of artefacts and sacred objects in Umuahia, Abia State with low level of professional values in Umuahia, Abia state.
Keywords: Valuation, Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Artefacts and Sacred Objects, Professional Values
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