KADGIS resolved over 5, 000 land disputes in more than 3yrs – DG

The Director-General of the Kaduna Geographic Information Service(KADGIS), Dr. Bashir Garba Ibrahim, has revealed  that the agency had  resolved over 5,000 land disputes and reinstated more than 150 titles that were unjustly revoked in the last three and half years.

Ibrahim who revealed this at a town hall meeting in Kaduna said Governor Uba Sani had directed the agency to resolve all cases that were inherited from the past administrations.

The KADGIS boss also said that the agency had introduced reforms to ease land administration in the state.

“Land agents’ registration and accreditation is one of the key reforms, including providing National Identification Number(NIN) and Bank Verification Number(BVN) for land title processing,’’ he said.

He also noted that communities that were displaced at Alhudahuda Zaria, following the demolition of 92 houses in 2015, had been given alternative plots.

‘’The dispute between Nigerian College of Aviation Technology(NCAT) Zaria, and Graceland community, where over 200 properties were demolished in 2021 over alleged land encroachment, has also been resolved,’’ he said.

Ibrahim said new land titles and alternative plots had been given to former residents of Malali low cost Kaduna, whose houses numbering 80 were demolished in 2021.

He noted that the land titles of CANES Properties had been restored, adding that SCOA had been given alternative plots at Kudenden, just as the dispute between Olam and host community was resolved.

He said the meeting which was attended by professional bodies, traditional leaders, land agents, government agencies and other stakeholders, was convened to strengthen transparency, efficiency and citizens-centred land administration in Kaduna state.