In a major move to sanitise and modernise land administration and management in Enugu State, the governor of the state, PETER MBAH, yesterday inaugurated the Enugu State Geographic Information System, ENGIS, describing it as a major win for the people of the South East State.
Inaugurating THE ENGIS office and system in Enugu, MBAH explained that the new development has put an end to the era of land grabbing, unauthorised construction, double allocations, revenue diversion.
The governor explained that the milestone was in furtherance of his campaign promise to grow the state’ economy to $30bn and make it conducive for business, noting that whereas ENGIS could process an application for title in a few hours, a duration of 48 hours was stipulated to provide a buffer for other control elements built into the process.
MBAH also congratulated his team, which he said worked extremely hard to achieve the feat in a very short time, converting to digital platforms land documents dating back to early colonial days when the entire Southern Nigeria, except Lagos, was at some point administered from Enugu.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development, CHIMAOBI OKORIEand the Coordinator of ENGIS, CYRIL EZEAMA, explained that the ENGIS would boost the revenue profile of the state and create an advanced geospatial centre of excellence for land administration and data management.
