Nigerian Institute of Building....The History

The Nigerian Institute of Building is the professional body for Builders and those who are about to be engaged in the Building Profession.

The Institute has its origin in a similar body called the "Builder's which was formed in 1834 by a number of prominent Builders in London. The Builders' Society later became the Institute of Building in the United Kingdom which later became The Chartered Institute of Building in 1980 and now The Institute for the Management of Construction.

 

Nigeria became the first overseas centre of the Institute of Building in 1967. The Nigerian centre of the Institute of Building became autonomous on November 5, 1970 and from then acquired the name "The Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB)" it is noteworthy that this singular achievement of the Nigerian Centre acted as catalyst for the establishment of other autonomous overseas centres of the Institute of Building (U.K) in Australia, Canada, South Africa, Ghana, and Kenya, to name a few.

In 1974, NIOB began the struggle for official recognition in form of statutory Registration Council for Professional Builders. Through the relentless effort of NIOB, the Federal Military Government signed into law the Builder' (Registration etc) Decree No 45 of 1989 (then ACT CAP 40) to establish the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) on December 15th 1989 and the Council was officially inaugurated on 24th April, 1990.

At present the Institute is headed by its President, Bldr. Chucks A. Omeife and a team of executive members.