Kano orders landowners to renew C-of-Os by January 31

The Kano State government has issued a directive requiring landowners to renew their Certificates of Occupancy by January 31, 2025, or face possible revocation.

The Commissioner of Land and Physical Planning, Abduljabbar Umar, issued the order while briefing newsmen on Wednesday.

He called on all landowners in Kano State, from its creation till date, to visit the Ministry of Land and Physical Planning to register or renew their properties.

He said by expiration of the deadline all current C-of-Os will be rendered invalid.

Umar stated, “If you may recall, on the 25th of November, 2024, specifically, during the re-commissioning of the Kano State Geographic Information System, KANGIS building, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, made an important announcement to the world when he officially flagged off the recertification exercise of all current Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) issued by the Kano State Government.

“He also called on all residents to take advantage to either register or renew their interest in landed properties across the State.

“I stand here before you today to reinforce the announcement earlier made by the Executive Governor, and accordingly call on all people holding interest in land across the State, to immediately proceed to the Ministry of Land and Physical Planning to register their properties.”

He said as part of this transformation, all current C-of-Os will be rendered invalid at the expiration of this exercise on the 31st of January, 2025.

“I wish to remind the general public that in this administration’s efforts to provide an avenue for obtaining land documents affordably and seamlessly, as well as secure and strengthen land titles in the state, the latest and state-of-the-art infrastructure has been provided at the KANGIS.

“This new system offers a host of critical benefits including: Providing accurate and reliable records through eliminating manual processes, thereby minimising errors, manipulation of land files and titles, and delays in processing transactions. This will also make land ownership verification and updates more straightforward,” he added.

According to him, the new certificates are designed with advanced security features, rendering them virtually impossible to forge to ensure the integrity of property rights while significantly reducing incidents of fraud by criminals.

The commissioner, therefore, urged all landowners across the state to promptly initiate the recertification of their titles so as to safeguard the investments and aspirations of our people.