Kano Govt. Asks Landowners To Recertify Titles, Gives January 31 Deadline
By Abdullahi Yusuf
Kano State Government has asked all landowners across the state to recertify their titles before January 31,2025.
The state Commissioner of Land and Physical Planning, Alhaji AbdulJabbar Mohammed Umar, gave the order at a press conference in Kano on Wednesday.
“I stand here before you today to reinforce the announcement earlier made by His Excellency the Executive Governor, and accordingly call on all people holding interest in land across the State, to immediately proceed to the Ministry of Land and Physical Planning to register their properties.
“As part of this transformation, all current C-of-Os will be rendered invalid at the expiration of this exercise on the 31st of January, 2025,” Umar said.
He said the recertification process guarantees that ownership records are accurate, secure, and protected from future disputes, “thereby safeguarding the Investments and aspirations of our people.”
He said the process would also provide accurate and reliable records through eliminating manual processes, thereby minimizing errors, manipulation of land files and titles and delays in processing transactions.
This, according to him, would also make land ownership verification and updates more straightforward
“The new certificates are designed with advanced security features, rendering them virtually impossible to forge.
“This will ensure the integrity of property rights while significantly reducing incidents of fraud by criminals.
“I wish to remind the general public that in this administration’s efforts to provide an avenue for obtaining land documents affordably and seamlessly, as well as secure and strengthen land titles in the state, the latest and state-of-the-art infrastructure has been provided at the Kano State Geographic information System (KANGIS),”the commissioner added.
