Balarabe appointed chair as Kaduna’s digital land registry gets new board

Hadiza Balarabe, deputy governor of Kaduna, has been appointed to chair the 12-member governing board of Kaduna State Geographic Information Service (KADGIS), the digital land registry.

Nasir el-Rufai, the governor, gave the approval of the newly constituted governing board, according to a statement by Muyiwa Adekeye, his special adviser on media and communications.

Lawal Mayere represents Kaduna north senatorial district on the board while Hauwa Yahaya and Bulus Audu represent Kaduna central and southern senatorial districts respectively.

Zaid Abubakar, executive chairman of Kaduna Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), represents the service while Shizzer Bada is the representative of the ministry of finance.

Adekeye said Altine Jibrin, director-general of KADGIS, and Mahmood Aminu of KADGIS are both on the board, as well as representatives from the ministries of justice, environment, local government, and the ministry of agriculture.

He added that the board also has representatives from the Kaduna Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture.

“KADGIS is one of the first agencies established in 2015 by the El-Rufai government, with the mandate to digitise the land registry and exercise responsibility for land administration in the state,” he said.