Abia State has taken a step to revamp its land administration system, visiting Lagos to understudy how Africa’s commercial hub tamed decades of land bottlenecks with technology.
Officials of the Abia State Ministry of Lands and Housing, led by Commissioner Chaka Chukwumerije, arrived Lagos on Monday for a hands-on study tour of the state’s land administration framework.
Confirming the visit, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on New Media, Jubril Gawat, said the Abia delegation came to learn directly from Lagos’ experience.
“The visit is aimed at learning and understanding Lagos State’s land administration framework, particularly the deployment of technology-driven solutions to address land-related challenges and enhance service delivery,” Gawat said in a statement.
The Abia team was received by the Special Adviser on e-GIS and Urban Development, Dr Olajide Babatunde, where both sides engaged in an interactive session on digital land governance and reform strategies.
The delegation was taken on a guided tour of Lagos’ key land infrastructure, including the ongoing Lagos GIS Centre, the Land Digitisation Centre, the Lagos Land Archive, and the Electronic Physical Planning Centre.
They also paid a visit to the Lagos State Lands Bureau, where they met with the Executive Secretary and senior officials, exchanging ideas and best practices on land administration and management.
Lagos has become a reference point in land reforms, especially after rolling out a digital house-numbering and addressing system last August to boost service delivery, land administration, and emergency response.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu unveiled the initiative at the Nigeria Land Titling, Registration and Documentation Programme in Victoria Island, organised by the Lagos State Office of Electronic Geographic Information System and Urban Development in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.
Sanwo-Olu had described the innovation as a major leap in using technology to tackle long-standing land problems, a blueprint Abia now appears determined to replicate.
