Alhaji Femi Okunnu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and a former Federal Commissioner for Works during the military government of General Yakubu Gowon has become a honourary fellow of the Nigeria Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers.
The good news was contained in a letter sent to the legal luminary ahead of the association’s 53rd Annual Conference taking place in June in Kwara State.
According to the letter, the national body of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers conferred the honour on the elder statesman for his indelible impact he made while he was the Federal Commissioner of Works and Housing which greatly influenced the real estate industry.
Okunnu was able to push for laws that backed the profession and advanced its course as well as that of the practitioners then.
The octogenarian who graduated from the University of London was a commissioner for a period of eight years between 1967 and 1974. He has also appeared in high profile cases especially in constitutional and land laws.
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