KANO (North-West, Nigeria) — The Kano State Commissioner of Land and Physical planning, Abduljabbar Umar, on Friday, insisted that no going back on the 31st January, 2025 deadline issued to owners of landed property to renew their certificate of occupancy, C-of-O in the state.
Umar who stated this while addressing newsmen, however, urged land owners who are yet to do the recertification to hurriedly avail themselves for the exercise to avoid unpleasant experience.
The Commissioner said so far about 2,000 land owners have recertified their C-of-O.
According to him, “I wish to reiterate unequivocally that the Recertification deadline of 31st January 2025 still stands, I repeat the recertification deadline of 31 January, 2025 still stands, we urge all those that have not yet recertified their documents, to do so before the deadline, in order to protect and secure their land related properties.
“We are pleased to announce that since our announcement at the last press conference on 18th December, 2024, the Citizens of Kano State have positively responded to our calls to recertify their land titled documents in droves. We have recertified over 2,000 C-of-Os and still counting, we have equally began the processing of Systematic Land Title Registration (SLTR) documents, so as to be given regular C-of-O.
“We are proud to proclaim that we have had over 1,000,000 (One Million) distinct Recertification related interactions covering everything from conversion to name change and actual recertification applications.
“The Kano State Geographic Information System, KANGIS Service Centre is open for business and is already attending to thousands of people per day (both online via our website, physically at our offices and even on the phone).
“We strongly encourage everyone to hurry and recertify their title documents or process the new title documents before the 31st of January 2025, to avoid any unpleasant experience,” Umar however stated.
Recall that the state government had issued a 31st January, 2025 deadline to owners of landed properties in the state to register or renew their certificate of occupancy, C-of-O or face revoke.
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