Lagos launches portal where residents can apply for C of O

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has launched the state land administration portal, to eliminate services of “middlemen” in the processing of land titles.

According to Sanwo-Olu at the launch of the e-GIS portal in Ikeja on Friday, the system will also remove the “unnecessary cost applicants waste on several layers of the process”.

He added that the portal will foster collaboration among agencies of government.

“But I know that going forward, all of that services turnaround time and in fact that people can see and enjoy this,” Sanwo-Olu said.

“Therefore, it is critical to highlight that innovative automated process has transited land transactions in digital format, integrating them into our registry and as a result transactions significantly reduce and save costs, meaning that the era of hiding files, or missing files is gone.

“Everything will be digitally available. Moreover, the introduction of this process will foster collaboration among agencies. I think that’s also an important, deliverable.

“So, we believe that we begin to see effective information in our various offices. Therefore, the launch of the portal grants our esteemed customers the privilege and right to access our services.

“It provides a secure shopping cart experience, self-serve options, easy online record and data search and the ability to analyze sites, to analyze sites traffic and to know the trend through traffic, through the tracking of reports at the back end, can actually do an audit of them and know how well an additional customer can enjoy a unique, exceptional service and the opportunity to track application progress, provide comments and receive immediate feedback complaints.

“Anyone can now verify, search and apply for land titles, including the Governor’s Consent, at Lagos State Land Bureau from the comfort of their homes at the click of a computer button.

“The portal will reduce all forms of manual registration, eliminate the physical presence of applicants at lands bureau offices, enable residents to register their lands from the comfort of their homes, pay all necessary fees online, obtain their title document, and apply for a certificate of occupancy(C of O) among other registrations.”