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Oyo State to introduce electronic Certificate of Occupancy  (e’C of’O)

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Oyo State to introduce electronic Certificate of Occupancy  (e’C of’O)

 

The government of Oyo State under Governor Abiola Ajimobi administration has launched the Homeowners Charter policy designed to enable home owners in the state to regularize their land documents.

The governor said that it is one of the measures being put in place by the government to lessen the pains of the current economic meltdown.

Governor Ajimobi, also announced that the state government is changing from the current use of the paper-based Certificate of Occupancy to ‘e-C of O’, the Electronic Certificate of Occupancy with security features to make it a lot more copy proof.

The governor disclosed these at the official Flag off ceremony of the Enumeration and Assessment of properties in the State at the Housing Corporation Ibadan.

Ajimobi explained that the scheme is created to enable home owners in Oyo state who currently have no title documents like Survey and Building plans to obtain titles with great ease and at very affordable rates of N120,000.00,

“This is one of the measures being put in place by our government not only to lessen the pains of the current economic meltdown on our people but to empower them for greater economic possibilities.

“Also, Oyo State Government is changing from the current use of the paper-based Certificate of Occupancy to ‘e-C of O’, the electronic Certificate of Occupancy with features to make it a lot more secure and copy proof.

“The electronic C of O will contain the following elements: a scanned photograph of the Owner printed on a copy-proof security paper; an encrypted and enhanced 2D barcode that is unique to the owner; an additional embedded security characteristic containing vital security information that can only be viewed with an enabled barcode reader that is unique to the Owner only; and a distinctive Certificate of Occupancy number that will be very legible for all to see,”

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He appealed to the people across the State, especially property owners, to please cooperate with members of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Oyo State Chapter, who will handle the enumeration and assessment exercise, noting that the essence of the enumeration is to generate data that will aid sustainable developmental objectives in the state.

“Without a dependabldatabasese, neither significant nor sustainable developmental objectives can be achieved”.
However, in order to generate, categorise and databank these critical information, the State Government decided to engage the services and collaboration of the Oyo State chapter of The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV).

“Our decision to appoint and work with this Institution as Consultants for this very important assignment is a further testimony of this Administration’s recognition of the role of professional bodies as able stakeholders in the daunting task of returning our dear state to its traditional and enviable position of the pacesetter.”

Also speaking , the State Commissioner for Land, Housing and Survey, Mr Ajiboye Omodewu said that the enumeration of properties became necessary for effective planning and determination for the provision of infrastructures like water, health centres, police posts, roads among others.

Omodewu, appealing to the people of the state to cooperate with the state government to achieve the desired objectives of the exercise.
The Chairman of NIESV Mr Adegboyega Quadri appreciated the state government.

Tribune

 

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