NIQS Desires Strategic Relationship with Heirs Holdings, Proposes Collaboration Framework

Bennett Oghifo

The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) has said it desires to establish a strategic relationship with Heirs Holdings that is forward-looking, innovative, and mutually beneficial and has proposed a framework of collaboration in several key areas.

The President of NIQS, Kene C Nzekwe, FNIQS, made the proposal during a courtesy visit to the Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu, CFR, and the executive management of Heirs Holdings, on behalf of the Council and the entire membership of the Institute.

QS Nzekwe said, “We believe that by aligning our professional expertise with the scope and ambition of your organisation, we can jointly deepen the impact of infrastructure and project development efforts across your businesses. 

“First, we believe that Heirs Holdings is uniquely positioned to provide thought leadership and strategic advisory support to the Institute. Your wealth of insight into market dynamics, operational challenges, and emerging trends can significantly enrich our standard setting, professional certification, and research agenda, ensuring our outputs are practical and globally competitive. Furthermore, we see great potential for innovation-based collaboration. 

“As NIQS develops new tools and frameworks to improve cost management in the construction and infrastructure sectors, such as our national cost databank for project benchmarking, we would be honoured to engage Heirs Holdings as an early partner in testing and refining these instruments. This would allow your organisation to shape industry standards while benefiting from first-mover access to advanced tools for improved project planning and execution. In the area of talent development, we envision a partnership that supports the upskilling of your personnel—particularly those involved in project delivery, infrastructure planning, and real estate investment. NIQS through our QS Academy is well positioned to design and deliver bespoke, industry-aligned training and certification programmes that will further enhance internal capacity and drive efficiencies within your operations. 

“We also see an opportunity for your organisation to serve as a benchmark reference for the application of best practices in cost control and project performance. Through collaborative research and shared case studies, Heirs Holdings could help set national standards in cost efficiency, transparency, and performance tracking, reinforcing your role as a leader in corporate governance and operational excellence. Finally, we invite Heirs Holdings to collaborate with us in advancing public-private dialogue around infrastructure development, procurement reform, and professional best practices. Your voice and platform would be invaluable in driving systemic change and shaping national policy conversations. We would be delighted to have your support for NIQS events, conferences, and strategic roundtables that promote knowledge exchange and institutional growth.” 

He said they are confident that this partnership would not only contribute meaningfully to the goals of the Institute, but would also create significant value for Heirs Holdings—through improved project delivery outcomes, strengthened internal capabilities, enhanced visibility in policy-shaping spaces, and a role in shaping the future of infrastructure development in Nigeria. 

He lauded Mr. Elumelu “for the exemplary leadership you continue to provide across key sectors of the Nigerian and African economy. Your visionary investments and interventions in banking, hospitality, real estate, insurance, healthcare, and energy represent a profound commitment to economic transformation, social impact, and business excellence.”

Accepting the partnership invitation, the Group CEO of Heirs Holding, Mr. Emmanuel Nnorom thanked NIQS “for considering us as a partner, and I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.”

About HEIRS Holdings, Nnorom said, “Actually the word HEIRS is a acronym of the chairman’s values, H for humility, E for empathy, I for integrity, and R for resilience, and S for synergy. So over the years, that’s what he’s known for. So he now brought all of that together.” 

The MD Afriland Properties Plc., Mr Azubuike Emodi was at the meeting.