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Gombe agency generates N1.8bn in two years

The Gombe State Geographic Information Systems has generated about N1.8 billion in revenue over the last two years, according to its director-general, Dr Kabiru Hassan.

Gbadamosi Azeezah

On Saturday, Hassan attended the opening of GOGIS's new service center in Gombe and said that it had been inaugurated by Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State.

Hassan said that the center was conceived in 2013 to address challenges related to land administration in the state.

“GOGIS through delivery of its services, has been able to generate about N1.8 billion, contributing greatly to the Internally Generated Revenue of the state.

“Other notable achievements include securing digital Certificates of Occupancy, digitising over 22,000 manual land files out of the 27,000 on our record...

The Director-General praised the state governor, Inuwa Yahaya, for digitising his administration's records using geographic information system technology.

He believes that the initiative has made land administration in the state much easier, more transparent and addressed some of its inherent challenges.

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