The Director General, Nasarawa Geographic Information Service ( NAGIS), Mr Sonny Agassi has disclosed that the state government in collaboration, with the World Bank, will start enumeration exercise on property registration in some selected Local Government Areas of the state.
The collaborative exercise, to be conducted under the World Bank’s States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability ( SFTAS) – Program-for-Results (PforR), would be in Karu, Keffi, Nasarawa, Akwanga, Lafia and DomaAgassi stated this on Wednesday, in a statement he issued and made available to newsmen in Karu, Karu Local Government Area of the State.
The NAGIS chief executive said the enumeration exercise would affect both tenants and their landlords in the selected local government areas.” Resident enumerators will be visiting the local government areas within the next six months for the exercise on property registration.
He appealed to ward and village heads, property owners and tenants to cooperate and support the team for a hitch-free exercise.
Agassi reiterated the state government’s commitment to the development of infrastructure to improve on the health and standard of living of the people of the state, saying that this was what informed on the collaboration between the government and the World Bank.
“The idea is in line with the commitment of the state governor, Engr. Abdulllahi A Sule, to improve infrastructure, provide additional hospitals, reduce the housing deficit and increase water supply,” he said . (NAN)
