ASSESSMENT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF ABUJA GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (AGIS) IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA NIGERIA
ASSESSMENT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF ABUJA GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (AGIS) IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA NIGERIA
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2011-10
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OLUFUNMILAYO, BELLO OLUWAYINKA
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Abstract
Recent efforts to secure tenure and enhance real property markets are under pressure from increasing
demand and competition for land. While limited success in implementing land administration reform
in the FCT have led to inefficiency, incoherent and poor land management, have been recognized as
one of the key obstacles hindering change and also undermining its huge potential and global
competitiveness. This thesis assesses the extent land administration reform under AGIS has
engendered positive outcomes in the FCT and the explanations for the outcomes, to determine the
areas of shortcomings for improvement.
Data collection for the research involved sample of 250 applicant/beneficiaries of land, drawn across
seven districts to determine how land administration system in FCT has improved in practice. The
institutional survey provided information on the management activities of land related departments
and the operations of AGIS. It focused on the performance of the system in meeting the challenge of
land acquisition. Good governance principles was considered as evaluation criterion in
land
administration systems, and identified six evaluation areas that has links to what aspects of the
outcomes of land administration system is best affected by AGIS. The good governance principles
were also used as benchmarking for a presumed ideal system.
The research reveals that land administration in AGIS does not address unequal land distribution.
Management, acquisition and disposal of public land follow unclear procedures and are not applied
transparently. Formal land delivery takes an inordinate amount of time under the existing
frameworks and land fees are unaffordable to many in the FCT. The survey reveals that only about
17% of good governance in land administration has been achieved by the Abuja Geographic
Information System. In conclusion, the study recommends that Fairness and equity in land
acquisition processes can be achieved by properly constituting and allowed to function, the Land Use
and Allocation Committee (LUAC). AGIS workflow can be reorganized and state-of-the art
technology installed for efficiency, so that processes and procedures available for the acquisition of
land would be clear and understood by the general public. Active participation of key stakeholders is
necessary through the use of public hearings and citizen’s forums.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE
POSTRGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD
OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
URBAN MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA NIGERIA
OCTOBER, 2011
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ASSESSMENT,, ACTIVITIES,, ABUJA,, GEOGRAPHIC,, INFORMATION,, SYSTEM,, AGIS,, FEDERAL,, CAPITAL,, TERRITORY,, ABUJA,, NIGERIA