KADGIS PRESENTATION: USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) TECHNOLOGY TO STRENGHTEN LAND ADMINISTRATION AND PROPERTY TAXATION

Abstract

Land administration reform is one of the five priority areas of the Governor’s Restoration Agenda His Excellency, Governor Malam Nasiru El-rufa’i that supports right to good life and poverty reduction. As part of the reforms, the Kaduna State Ministry of Lands, Survey and Country Planning Kaduna was replaced by the Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS) through the passage of KADGIS Law. KADGIS was Established on the 23rd December 2015 with the aim to provide modern and efficient land administration as per the law. KADGIS collate, gather, analyze and digitize all geospatial data and store it in a central database that can deliver products such as maps, satellite imageries, survey plans, reports, certificates of occupancy etc. that can be used in decision making process. KADGIS serves as primary geospatial data sources to land related Departments and Agencies The reform has improved security of land documents that curtails activities of land syndicates and cases of forgery. Security enhanced and serialized R of O, C of O and other title documents with improved face value for ease of detection.