 The Nigerian Institution of Surveys Lagos State branch says it will continue to showcase its expertise to unlock the potential of the Lagos State blue economy through surveying innovations. It's chairman, Cola de Casim, stated dates at the institution's 38th annual general meeting and investor chart of the 15th chairman with the swearing-in themed, unlocking the potential of the Lagos State blue economy through surveying innovations. Casim also said the institution will help the Lagos State government boost tourism and enhance water transportation through a branch of surveying which deals with hydrography among other benefits to unlock the potential of the state's blue economy. The Lagos State water bodies, rivers, creeks and with these products governments can now decide all these places are navigable and it's a lot cheaper than building road rail infrastructure. The Lagos Lagos. Surveys have carried out numerous hydrographic work on that and then we know the areas that are deep, the areas that are shallow and the areas that need dredging. So these are things we can do for governments and we can even do more. Also a surveyor, Patricia Okerguley, said the theme of the program was aimed at educating Nigerians that surveyors have the human resources and their expertise to harness and unlock the potential to grow the economy of Lagos State for the benefits of all. Guest speaker at the event, Bankoli Falai, who commented the Lagos State government for its efforts at creating a co-Atlantic among others called on it to create a framework to regulate fishing, get involved in the activity and continue to boost tourism in order to generate more funds from blue economy. There is this misconception that we are land surveyors. We surveyors, we are surveyors without an adjective. Just as you have estate surveyors, building surveyors, but we are just surveyors because we don't only survey land. So this topic is educating the whole populace that we don't only survey land, we think going to the sea to survey the sea. Let's harness those opportunities hidden in the water. As we all know, blue economy has to do with how we can leverage the resources of the ocean to better man life to grow sustainably and responsibly to grow our economy. And surveying is very fundamental because we need data. Whatever you want to do around the blue economy, you need data. So surveying forms like underpins how the data are derived. Hydrography, we talk about all forms of survey using LiDAR, using remote sensing data analysis. Without data, it will be difficult to form the blue economy. You know the way the ocean is. We cannot really say landmarks in the ocean. You need position. You need to know where you are. You need to understand the behaviors of the ocean, whether there's going to be a squall. All those facts are data that the surveyors are responsible for. Will you get notified about fresh news updates?