To bring all geographers under one umbrella and foster the advancement of Geographical science in all the six geographical zones in Nigeria through production, collation and supply of related materials.
To provide opportunities for social and professional relationships amongst members of the institute and between the institute and other institute for the difficusion of ideas.
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INTRODUCTION
ICGN is an acronym for Institute of Certified Geographers of Nigeria. It is a mission-oriented professional body incorporated in Nigeria, under CAMA No 59 of 1990, to promote geographical sciences and its application to the solution of environmental and associated problems in Nigeria. Its membership is drawn from either concerned and motivated individuals, agencies and organizations interested in acquiring and applying geographical knowledge for sustainable development of the Nigerian environment or individuals, agencies and organizations seeking to benefit from the mission and preoccupation of ICGN. Its national headquarters is located in Kaduna, capital of Kaduna state of Nigeria.
NATURE OF GEOGRAPHY IN ICGN
In ICGN, geography is recognized as an academic discipline but we also uphold it as a mega-concept and a grand method.
As a discipline, it access measures, processes, stores and/or extends spatial knowledge associated with our world with particular reference to ecology and land use; nationalities, population, settlement and diseases, economics, relief and drainage, landscape; weather and climate, soils and vegetation, morphology and natural resources and collateral issues in development. Secondly, as a mega-concept, geography also aids our mental capacity to figure out the following: the nature of the place, its location and regional attributes; relationships between people and environment;
