CORBON elects council officers

The Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) has elected Prof. Kabir Bala and Dr. Samson Opaluwah Ameh as the – Chairman and Vice –Chairman respectively at the 107th meeting of the Board in Abuja.

The meeting is sequel to the inauguration of the 15-member sixth Council by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. They are to serve as the governing Board for next four years.

CORBON was established through the Builders Registration, etc. Decree No. 45 of 1989, now Act Cap B. 13 LFN 2004. It is mandated to regulate and control the practice of building technology profession in all its aspects and ramifications.

The provisions of the Act charge CORBON with determining who is builder for the purpose; what standards of knowledge and skills are to be attained by persons seeking to become registered as Builders and reviewing those standards, from time to time, as circumstances may permit.

Ameh is expected to, in the next four years; bring his vast knowledge and wealth of experience to bear in the Council’s policy making and management decisions for the overall growth of the building profession in Nigeria.

Other council members include Mrs. Salma Mohammed, Kenneth Nduka, Prof. Yohana D. Izam, Tijjani B. Shuaib, Mrs. Adenike Sa’id, Aliyu Ova, Amba Effiong, Prof. Sani Kunya, Ahmed Abdulhammed Sambo, Prof. Deji Ogunshemi, Ismail Isa Idris, Olusegun Bolarin and Kunle Awobodu.