ABOUT US

In 2021, the State Government established the Kwara State Geographic Information Service (KW-GIS) as an Agency to provide modern and efficient land administration in Kwara State, improve land Administration, provision of modern equipment and other processes related to land with the use of technology and digital platforms. This development would also lead to the collocation and harmonization of all the four Departments in the built environment in the State namely: Bureau of Lands, Office of Surveyor General, Town Planning Development Authority and Urban and Regional Planning that deal with land administration, with the purpose to minimize bottlenecks, enhance efficiency, curtail the activities of land grabbers, digitize and serialize title documents.

The Agency as a system consists of four major Directorates which are: Directorate of Lands; Directorate of Urban & Regional Planning; Directorate of Physical Planning and Development Control and the Office of the Surveyor General.

The new arrangement is to ensure proper Administration and Management of Land and Building matters in the State as well as all issues relating to Titles, Registration, Searches, Physical Planning and Urban Development and other responsibilities as may be determined by the Executive Governor of the State.

The Agency ensures that all developmental activities in the State are in line with the State Master Plan and are not altered by the citizens/and activities of citizens in order to promote growth and rapid  development so as to have a viable, peaceful and serene environment for all and sundry in the State.

The digitalized record keeping as part of land reforms initiated by the present administration in the State under His Excellency, the Executive Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON) through the establishment of KWGIS in 2021, is to protect titles in lands by bringing documentation of land transactions in Kwara State into the 21st century and giving up-to-date information on land acquisitions and dealings.

RESPONSIBILITIES

a) Development and maintenance of a database of all Land within the State, particularly with respect to title history, location, size, use and other related data.

b) Introduction, implementation and sustainability of best practices for Land ownership and title certification in the State.

c) Access to existing data on Land for the purpose of conducting title searches for members of the public at a fee to be prescribed from time to time by the service in consonances with other related Laws.

d) Undertaking such other activities as may be required for the efficiency management and administration of Land matters and other related data in the State.