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IIARD INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (IJGEM )

E-ISSN 2504-8821
P-ISSN 2695-1878
VOL. 10 NO. 4 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijgem.v10.no4.2024.pg74.88

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Electronic Land Administration in Federal Capital City Abuja, Nigeria Using GIS Approach

Babatunde Akeem Adesola

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Abstract

This study is to explore the potentials of electronic Land Administration for efficient and effective management of land matters in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria with the purpose of assessing the system of land allocation in Abuja between 2006 and 2015; The FCC Cadastre is divided in to four phases namely; Phase I, II, III and IV with 10, 20, 23 and 42 Cadastral zones. Existing allocation cadastral maps of 2006 and 2015 as well as Quickbird Imageries 2006 and 2015 was used to assess the extent of land allocation in the Federal Capital City (FCC). The datasets were subjected to processing and analysis using ArcGIS 10.7.1 (ArcMap 10.7.1) software. The result showed consecutive increase in land area from Phase I-Phase IV (8002; 8608; 16740; and 21,819) hectares. The results indicate that, a total number of 13,156 allocations occurred with an area of 7,482 hectares out of the 8,002 hectares land area in Phase I. However, a total number of 14,839 allocations occurred with an area of 6,231 hectares out of the 7604hectare land area in Phase II. In Phase III, a total number of 3,659 allocations occurred making an area of 1,896 hectare out of the 9,503 hectares land area of Phase III and no allocations was revealed in Phase IV up to 2006 and in 2015; allocations are completed for Phase I to III with Phase IV not allocated. The study concluded that information flows, technical procedures associated with land and sharing of existing datasets amongst other land related department is uncoordinated, costly process of land acquisition has made access relatively unaffordable and lack of transparency by bureaucracy and corruption in AGIS which includes all kinds of informal payment to obtain and speed up service that has been already paid for and as well not brought people into the processes of land management.

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