Gov. Buni orders land vendors to register with YOGIS before operation
Story from Sa’adatu MAINA, Damaturu
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has ordered all land vendors to register with the Yobe State Geographic Information Service (YOGIS) before operating in the state.
Governor Buni gave the directive on Thursday in Damaturu while inaugurating the New Digital Process on Land Administration and Management.
He said the registration would aid record keeping and address the menace of land grabbing and racketeering.
The Governor revealed that all fueling stations, hotels, bakeries, water factories, private schools, corner shops, among others, must settle dues they owed the state to continue operations.
He noted that the introduction of the digital process would enhance land management and administration’s effective service delivery in line with global best practice.
He stated that, “It is gratifying to note that with YOGIS in place, our policy of transforming land administration and management in the state would continue to be in tune with the changing times, and providing effective and efficient services.
“In the same vein, government is expecting that more revenues will be generated through titling, lease, consent, mortgages, surveying, mapping, ground rent and perfection of titles,” Buni said.
The Governor directed YOGIS to design a project to produce titles to all traditional settlements across the urban areas in the state.
The settlers will pay some amount to obtain their Certificates of Occupancies.
“With this, the inhabitants of these traditional settlements will be able to use their titles as a collateral to access services. This provides an empowerment to small-scale and young entrepreneurs to attract facilities to improve their businesses,” he added.
