{"id":120493,"date":"2025-07-09T19:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=120493"},"modified":"2025-07-10T07:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:21:15","slug":"corbon-accredits-four-varsities-registers-83-new-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/corbon-accredits-four-varsities-registers-83-new-builders\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200eCORBON Accredits Four Varsities, Registers 83 New Builders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1837146854827470943\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1837146854827470943-header\" class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By \u200eDaniel Adaji<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1837146854827470943-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eThe Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) has accredited undergraduate Building programmes in four Nigerian universities and approved the registration of 83 new practitioners.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eThe decisions were taken at CORBON\u2019s 125th statutory meeting held on Tuesday, at the Council\u2019s National Secretariat in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eIn a communiqu\u00e9 issued at the end of the meeting and obtained by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pointblanknews.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752126180686000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0aegc4Qqkk7TsJgBNgq43f\">pointblanknews.com<\/a>, the Council stated that it approved, \u201cpursuant to Section 2(1)d of its establishing Act, the accreditation of undergraduate Building programmes in the following four universities for a period of five years: Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma; Federal University of Technology, Minna; Osun State University, Osogbo; and Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eThe communiqu\u00e9 was signed by Registrar &amp; Secretary to Council Adetunji Adeniran.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eThe Council also approved the results of the 2025 first application cycle, during which 83 applicants qualified for registration as professional Builders.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eIn addition, CORBON announced the development of a framework for Special Registration of Builders in line with Section 11 of the Builders (Registration, etc.) Act CAP B13, LFN 2004.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eThe meeting further approved criteria and procedures for the registration of other categories of building practitioners. These include Building Technologists, Building Technicians, and Building Craftsmen. According to the communiqu\u00e9, registration for these categories is to commence forthwith.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eCORBON also considered and adopted the draft regulations concerning the practice of Building Structures, Building Services, and Facilities Management. The regulations are to undergo necessary statutory processes ahead of their official issuance.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eThe Council expressed appreciation to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, for his consistent support and engagement with CORBON.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e\u201cCouncil appreciates the Honourable Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, for his continuous support and recognition of Council in the affairs of the ministry,\u201d the communiqu\u00e9 stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200eReaffirming its mission, the Council pledged to continue supporting the safe and sustainable development of Nigeria\u2019s building sector.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200e\u201cCouncil remains committed towards ensuring Registered Builders continue to provide services towards safe and sustainable development of building for national development,\u201d it stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By \u200eDaniel Adaji \u200e \u200eThe Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) has accredited undergraduate Building programmes in four Nigerian universities and approved the registration of 83 new practitioners. \u200e&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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