About ANCA

Association of Nigerian Chartered Architects

Who We Are

The Association of Nigerian Chartered Architects (ANCA) is a professional body representing chartered members in practice in its home country, Nigeria.

The operations of The Association of Nigerian Chartered Architects are to support, and in line with the wider objectives of the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) who have the sole power to regulate, register and control the practice of Architecture in Nigeria.

The Association is also aware of the best practices worldwide where professional regulation and registration resides with the government of a country through an Agency. The Association has absolute confidence in ARCON regulating the profession in Nigeria and shall not engage in a parallel process.

ANCA is a not for-profit and non-political professional association registered by Trusteeship under the Companies and Allied Matters Act Cap C20, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), 2004 with Certificate of Registration number: CAC/IT/No. 99136 dated 1st August 2017. ANCA is also recognised by the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria as a Professional Association in the fields of architecture via ARCON’s letter ref. No: ARCON/128/Vol. 1/10 of 5th September, 2017.

The Association intends to further the advancement of architecture and its practice in Nigeria.

Our Aims & Objectives

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To provide a platform for Chartered Architects to interact among themselves professionally.

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To promote moral, ethical and professional discipline and conduct among registered architects.

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To enhance professional development amongst chartered architects.

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Our History

ANCA was conceived by two very senior members of the profession who over the years have worked at the top levels of the regulatory body and the professional association. They had watched the steady decline in the administration of the professional association and the frustration the membership had been subjected to. They had made genuine and concerted efforts to influence changes within the professional association nut those who held the reins of power were already impervious. At the same there was already discontent and dissatisfaction in the body of membership. There were obvious calls for an alternative.

In that gloomy mood the profession faced the two had a chance meeting during the Archibuilt Exhibition in 2016. They struck a chord and after extensive discussions and consultations with other very senior members of the profession, which took almost one year, Association of Nigerian Chartered Architects was born.

The two knew that the road of creating a second professional association had would be novel in this environment, though common elsewhere. They were aware of the huge task of breaking down the psychological barrier of a people who are used to one association and due to a long history of military regime in the country, were not too comfortable with alternative institutions.

That was why at the first official meeting with all stakeholders in the novel project, the leader of the founding team, Arc. Justus O. Okah-Avae, tagged his speech, “The Road Not Travelled”. Drawing inspiration from ”The Road Not Taken” by the great American poet, Robert Frost, published in 1916, he said it offers us, as architects, an opportunity to speculate about what might have been, had we made different choices.

Therefore, the task of this new road before us is enormous. We have the task of clearing the bush, paving it and making it the expressway that will be most travelled. A lot of this would be breaking psychological barriers, he had said then.

“In doing this we must be focused, original and shun temporary and immediate benefits. Our resolved shall be tested and our intellectual and strategic content stretched. I appeal to all those who have been and will be called upon to serve to be committed to the future of the architecture profession. We must nurture and nourish this initiative for the benefit of all and public good.”

Partners & Association

Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON)

Our Constitution

Read our constitution here.

ANCA Constitution

Our Executives

Board of Trustees

Arc J.O. Okah-Avae (FCArc, FNIA)

Chair, BoT

Justus O. Okah-Avae, FCArc, FNIA, 75, graduated with the Bachelor of Architecture from Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru – Zaria, in June 1973. He was registered by ARCON in 1976 after becoming a member of the Nigerian Institute of Architects the previous year. He became a Fellow of NIA in 1993.

He has been active in the profession for forty years having held several positions in NIA and carried out several assignments on behalf of NIA and ARCON during the period. His pioneering efforts in the formation of ANCA is in continuation of his commitment and service to the profession.

He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of ANCA.

Arc (Dr) Moukhtar M. Mai (FCArc, MNIA)

Secretary

(Dr.) Moukhtar M. Mai, FCArc, MINA, attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained a B.Sc. (Architecture) in 1984 and a Master of Science in Architecture in 1987. He later obtained the Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture from University of Technology, Malasia, in 2008. He was registered by ARCON in 1990 and became a full member of NIA in 1991.

Arc. Mai lectures at Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Keffi, in addition to managing an architectural practice with offices in kaduna, Kano and Abuja. He served on ARCON Council in 2014 – 2017.

He is currently the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of ANCA.

Arc Adeleke .N. Adenuga (FCArc, FNIA)

Member

Adeleke Adenuga, FCArc, FNIA, 77, attended University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland (1969-1970) and Wroctaw Technical University, Wroctaw, Poland (1970 – 1977) where he obtained Polish Language Certificate in 1970 and Master of Science in Engineering / Architecture in 1977 respectively.

He was registered by ARCON in 1989, became a full member of NIA in 1998 and a Fellow in 2014.A carrier civil servant in both the Federal and Ogun State governments, he retired as the Permanent Secretary, Ogun State Ministry of Housing in 2004. He served on ARCON Council, 1992 – 1994.

Arc. Theophilus C. Elendu (FCArc, FNIA)

Member

Theophilus Chidi Elendu FCArc, FNIA, 67, graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, in 1979. He became a registered Architect by ARCON in 1985 and a Fellow of the NIA in 2005. He worked with various firms of Architects before Uniconsult Nigeria based in Owerri.

He has been a part-time lecturer at various Universities in the South East of Nigeria. Currently he is a full-time Senior Lecturer at Imo State University, Owerri. He was Chairman, Imo State Chapter of the NIA from 2004 – 2008. He served on NIA Education Board, 2005 – 2010.

He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Association of Architectural Educators in Nigeria (AARCHES). He is one of the three registered Trustees of ANCA.

Arc (Prof) Zanzan A. Uji (FCArc, FNIA)

Member

(Prof) Zanzan Akaka Uji, FCArc, MNIA, 67, attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained a B. Sc. (Architecture) in 1979 and a Master of Science in Architecture in 1981. He later obtained the Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Environmental Planning – Housing from University of Jos in 2000.

Zanzan Ujji who has spent most of his carrier lecturing in University of Jos became a Professor in 2002. He has been a visiting professor at various times at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; Kwame Nkruma University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, and currently Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.

He was registered by ARCON in 19 and he is a full member of NIA. He served on the ARCON Council in 2007 – 2010. He is currently the Chairman of AARCHEES (The body representing Architects in Academics). Prof. Zanzan Ujji is a Barister at Law, having graduated with the LLB from University of Jos in 1992 and BL from Nigerian Law School, Lagos, in 1993. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association.