Executive Committee
Mr Matthew Ngulube
President
MLN Associates , 14 Chaholi Road, Lusaka, Zambia
Mobile: +260 977 763 320
Email: matthew_ngulube@yahoo.co.uk
He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Building from the Copperbelt University and has also done a Master of Business Administration degree from Cavendish University and currently pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration degree from the University of Lusaka. He has also served the association as Vice President of the Southern Region for two consecutive terms before being elected President of AAQS.
Mr Obafemi Onashile
Immediate Past President
Penthouse Suite,12 Jasper Ike Street,
Off T. F Kuboye Street, By Oniru Market, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, Nigeria
Telephone: +234 705 779 6343 ; +234 802 477 1997
Mobile: +234 805 995 7471; +234 802 306 1499
Email: obafemionashile@yahoo.com
He had brief QS career stints in government ministries before settling deeply into private practice from 1988 till date. After twenty years of practice as a consultant Quantity Surveyor he enrolled at the Unversity of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, for a Masters in Project Management (MPM) degree 2005-2007. His niche in Project Management is Turn–Around Management of ailing or failed Capital Projects.
Obafemi qualifies also as a trained PPP Specialist, Mediation Specialist and as a Construction Contract Arbitrator.
Obafemi has contributed immensely to the Profession at the Local Lagos state Chapter level as Chapter Past Chairman 2004 – 2005. He has also contributed at national institute level as Past President, The Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) 2017 – 2019. He was Vice President, AAQS West Africa Region for two terms 2011 – 2017 before becoming the current President, Africa Association of Quantity Surveyors (AAQS) 2020 – 2023.
He established his Practice CONSOL ASSOCIATES in 1989 and in 2008, led the first successful M & A in Nigerian Construction Consulting Business by metamorphosing three small sized legacy firms into becoming a mega, new and improved CONSOL ASSOCIATES with numerous capacities and business sub-units. He is the current Managing Partner of Consol Associates, with offices in 4No. locations in Nigeria and with registered offices in Kigali, Rwanda as well as an outpost in Accra, Ghana. Obafemi is passionate about innovations, the development of the youths and the environment in terms of Infrastructure and Health & Safety.
He is a consistent volunteer for community services and a family person. He is happily married to his wife Olabisi and both blessed with two sons and a daughter.
Mr D M (David) Gaitho
Immediate Past President
PO Box 1756-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: +254 722 673 712
E-mail: gaitho@amazon.co.ke
David has also been a council member of the African Association of Quantity Surveyors (AAQS) since the year 2008. He has travelled to many African countries advancing the objectives of AAQS. He was elected Vice President for Eastern Region in 2014 and three years later the President. He is currently serving this position with diligence until October 2020.David is also a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Institute of Construction Project Managers in Kenya (ICPMK) and member of project management institute (PMI). In his professional life he has worked for the government and private sector. He teamed up with colleagues to establish Amazon Consultants in 1998-a consultancy firm based in Nairobi
Over the years he has executed construction projects across all sectors of the economy gaining invaluable experience. He is the Chairman of the National Construction Authority (NCA), a Government organization whose mandate is the development and regulation of the construction industry in Kenya. His vision of the industry is improved development control, safer construction, capacity building and improved ethical practices across the value chain. David is married to Esther and they have grown up children. He enjoys a round of golf weekly and loves golf tourism across continents when time allows
Mr A (Alfred) Aluvaala
Secretary General
P O Box 297000-00202, Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: +254 722 307 741
E-mail: aluvaala@miradiconsultantsk.com
Before being elected as Secretary General, Alfred served as Chairman of Membership Committee of Africa Association of Quantity Surveyors (AAQS).
Alfred has served and continues to serve as Council Member of Africa Association of Quantity Surveyors. Alfred also currently serves as Vice Chairman of College of Fellows of Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK), a body of professionals in the built environment who have excelled and considered as sages in their fields.
Alfred was appointed by the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development in Kenya and continues to serve as a Board member of Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors for the last four years and recently, in the same board, appointed as chairman of Members Welfare.
He has previously served faithfully as Treasurer of Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK). This is an Association that brings together all professionals in the built environment in Kenya comprising Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Engineers, Town Planners, Landscape Architects, Environmental Design Consultancy and Construction Project Managers in Kenya.
Before becoming Treasurer of AAK, Alfred had served for many years as Chairman of AAK, Quantity Surveyors’ Chapter; Vice Chairman of AAK, Quantity Surveyors’ Chapter; Secretary and Registrar of the same body. He has served for many years on the Governing Council of Architectural Association of Kenya.
In Kenya, Alfred has served on several secondary school boards where in recent one has served as chairman of School Infrastructure Committee.
Prior to all these, Alfred had worked in government in the then Ministries of Water Development and of Public Works as a quantity surveyor rising through the ranks.
Alfred took early retirement at age 40 years, a programme the government encouraged her Civil Servants to take and he ventured into private practice as a quantity surveyor, a position he continues to practice to date in Miradi Consultants Limited as the Principal Quantity Surveyor. QS Alfred Aluvaala is a graduate from the University of Nairobi with a Bachelor of Arts in Building Economics, and later Masters of Science in Project Management from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He is registered by the Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors (BORAQS) and a Fellow of Architectural Association of Kenya. QS Alfred Aluvaala is a senior professional member of Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Kenya. He has previously served on the Council of Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Kenya
Mr Bernard Ndakidemi
Eastern Region Vice President
Tanzania Institute of Quantity Surveyors (TIQS)
Makwaiya Street, Plot No. 107/2 Regent Estate
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Telephone +255 716 883 974
Email: bndakidemi@gmail.com
Mr R (Robert) Akanyang
Southern Region Vice President
Grand Park, Unit 5/S15 Plot 50151 Dinoge Way. Block 5 Gaborone, Botswana
Telephone: +267 391 6670
Email: rakanyang@aka.co.bw
Mr Olayemi Shonubi
Western Region Vice President
NIQS Secretariat, No. 24, NIQS Crescent, Off Michael Ama Nnachi Crescent, Cadastral Zone B6, Mabushi District, Abuja, Nigeria
Telephone +234 802 315 1137
Email: yemishonubi@yahoo.co.uk
Mr Lomqulo Gumboh
Central Region Vice President
Surveyors Institute of Malawi (SIM)
Along Downs Road, Lilongwe, Malawi
Telephone +265 888 664 859
Email: lom.gumboh@gmail.com
Mr A (Alfred) Aluvaala
Secretary General
P O Box 297000-00202, Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: +254 722 307 741
Email: aluvaala@miradiconsultantsk.com
Mr G W (Gerhard) de Leeuw
Honorary Treasurer
Telephone: +27 12 460 3304
Ms Mary Odhiambo
Chairperson of the Education, Research and Training Board
Architectural Association of Kenya
Blue Violets Plaza Suite, Room 605, Kamburu Road Off, Ngong Road, Nairobi, Kenya
Mobile: +254 724 933 824
Email: maryodhiambo@ymail.com
Mr J O (Segun) Ajanlekoko
P O Box 2508, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria
Telephone +2341791 5859; +234803301 5876
Email: constcep1986@gmail.com;
josegun@hotmail.co.uk
Mr Adeniyi Ijogun
Chairperson of the Membership Board
No.24 NIQS Cresent, Off Michael Ama Nnachi Cresent, Cadastral Zone B6, Mabushi District, Abuja, Nigeria
Telephone : +234 805 718 9324
Email: admin@billingcostassociates.com
Mr Newton Baloyi
Chairperson of the Strategy and Marketing Board
P O Box 3527, Halfway House 1685
Telephone: +27(11)315 4140
Email: director@asaqs.co.za
Ms Jennifer Musyimi
Chairperson ICT Board
Address awaiting
Telephone : +254 722 657 440
Email: jen@anka.co.ke
Mrs Bukola Aluko-Olokun
Chairperson Women’s Board
The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, No. 24, NIQS Crescent, Off Michael Ama Nnachi Crescent, Cadastral Zone B6, Mabushi District, Abuja, Nigeria
Telephone : +234 803 349 6604
Email: bukolaalukoolokun@gmail.com
Mr Victor Odongo
Co-opted Member
Plot 62, Bukoto Street, Kampala, Uganda
Telephone +256 414 259 386/251 047
Email: vodongo@africaonline.co.ug
Representatives for the Eastern Region
Mr E (Egide) Gatsirombo
Telephone +250 788 308071
Email: maleqss@gmail.com
Mr S N (Samuel) Marwa
Telephone: +255 (22) 211 0482
E-E-mail: nyantari@yahoo.com
Representatives for the Southern Region
Mr S (Sadeo) Veerprakash
Telephone: +230 4672316
Email: vsconsulting@intnet.mu
Mr S A (Ian) Oosthuysen
Telephone +264 61 220 081
E-mail: ian@jonqs.com
Representatives for the Western Region
Mal. Mohammed Abba Tor
Telephone: +234-803-480-0690 / +234-802-305-6072
Email: kalabal2002@yahoo.com
Mrs P O (Priscilla) Akabudike
Telephone: +234-809-837-1431
E-mail: priscillaakabudike@gmail.com