Abstract:
The availability of land as a resource is important to human existence, and its efficient
distribution and productive use are of vital importance. In Nigeria, urbanization and
industrialization is on the increase resulting into several challenges in land administration
and management like flooding, fire incidence and erosion. Planners do not have authentic
and up to date information that can help them to make quality designs/decisions.
This research work evaluates the Electronic Land Administration System (LAS) in Abuja
Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abuja, Nigeria under the administrative control of
Abuja Geographic Information System (AGIS) using SWOT Analysis. The factors
responsible for efficient LAS were identified based on benchmarking approach. Data
were collected about these factors from AGIS and stake holders through questionnaires
and key informant interview.
The evaluation which was done by comparing the standards in AGIS with best practices
reveals that the level of infrastructure at AGIS is good, the agency has trained technical
officers but they are not sufficient to meet up with the responsibilities of modern
electronic LAS. There is system to manage data but the accessibility of the data to the
public is poor. The system is deficient in positional accuracy of the data and there is no
mechanism for accuracy quality check. Information about each parcel are not fully
integrated into the database hence the cadastral is not complete. The policy establishing
AGIS meets up with best practices but the implementation is not fully enforced and
monitored. The study recommends a prototype internet enabled enables Land
Administration System for the study area.
