Ogun Generates N4bn From Land Allocations Alone

Hamilton Nwosa
Writer
Land owners with their Certificate of Occupancy

Ad

2027: INEC Boss, Yakubu Warns, Says APC, ADC, PDP, LP, Others, violating electoral laws with early campaigns

By Abiola Olawale The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has sounded a warning to Nigeria's political parties, declaring that early political campaigns by aspirants and parties pose a severe threat to the nation's fragile democratic framework. Speaking at a high-level stakeholders' roundtable on the challenges of early political campaigns,…

MDBs set to scale up $137bn climate finance push at COP30 in Brazil

By Obinna Uballa Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are preparing to expand climate financing commitments at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, building on a record $137 billion deployed in 2024, according to the Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance made available to New Diplomat on Wednesday. The report, coordinated by the European Investment Bank (EIB)…

Concerns as Qatar Tightens Visa Rules, Bars Nigerian Men from Solo Travel

By Abiola Olawale The Qatari government has announced its decision to bar Nigerian men from travelling solo to the country. The Qatari Ministry of Interior said the new visa regulations for Nigerian men travellers came after recent cases of overstays. Under the new policy, Nigerian men must show intent to travel with their wives, sisters,…

Ad

Mr Biyi Ismail, Director-General, Ogun Bureau of Lands, on Wednesday said the bureau had generated over N4 billion revenue between January and August.

Ismail disclosed this while receiving members of the State House of Assembly during oversight visit in Abeokuta.

He said the bureau generated N86 million from survey/planning/building fees, N190 million from rent on government land while N116 million came from ratification of Certificate of Occupancy.

“We also made N3.2 billion from plot allocation and layout fees and N49 million from of Certificate of Occupancy,” he said.

He said the agency had generated N1.9 million from inspection fees, N5.9 million from administration charges/fees, N407 million from governor’s consent revenue and N2.5 million from charting fees.

Ismail said the bureau also collected N4.1 million from documents, N7.9 million from certificate of true and red copy, N10.6 million from sales of bills of entries and N20,000 from sales of maps.

The director-general said the state remained the best in the country in terms of issuance of certificate of occupancy to land owners.

He said by December, the bureau would cleared about 90 per cent of the 70,000 applicants for the certificate of occupancy.

Ismail, who is also the Special Adviser to the governor on Lands, said inadequate funding and operational vehicles to meet the increasing demand for field operations as some of challenges facing the bureau.

Responding, the Committee Chairman, Mr Biyi Adeleye, said the committee was not out to witch-hunt the agency but to perform its constitutional responsibility.

Adeleye challenged the bureau to ensure a more coordinated and effective data management of land and related documents in line with international standard practices.

Ad

Unlocking Opportunities in the Gulf of Guinea during UNGA80
X whatsapp