The Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), has shifted Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2012 from Maiduguru, the Borno State Capital, to Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital.

Making this known to The Tide in a chat in his office, the chairman of NIS, Rivers State Chapter, Chief  L.W. Chuku, said the decision to change the venue was as a result of Boko Haram activities in the city, for which members would not want to risk their lives.

According to him, "This year's AGM is scheduled to hold in the northern zone and Maiduguri was the initially agreed venue, but the Boko Haram issue has necessitated the shift to Ilorin, which is still in the northern zone."

He said that this year is also an election year where new executive will be elected to run the affairs of the body at the material level, and that they would not want anything that would scare the people from coming.

The Rivers NIS boss also said that the  institutions national election comes every two years, adding that Rivers State hosted the AGM in 2004, while Cross River State hosted last year's event.

Chuku further said that the Port Harcourt Chapter had initially moved for the 2012 AGM to be shifted to Enugu, but that since it is the turn of the northern zone to host, they had to accept the change to Ilorin.