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Oyo State Government, over the weekend, launched a mobile app designed with many features, including having access to details of chosen landed property, without necessarily visiting the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.
The Commissioner in charge of the ministry, Tpl Olayiwola Olusegun, disclosed this during a two-day retreat organised for top management staff of the ministry.
According to Olusegun, the mobile app, called Ilè D’olà Exchange under the initiative of Private Networks Nigeria Limited (PNN), is the first of its kind in Nigeria.
He said the mobile app would avail residents of the state the opportunity to make enquiry and suggestions on government services and get faster responses.
The Commissioner added that the initiative is part of strategic measures to shore up the state’s internally generated revenue (IGR).
He, however, urged the workers participating in the retreat to justify the confidence and investment of the state government in them, adding that the capacity building retreat, is aimed at learning new ways to fast-track operations, prevent leakages and improve productivity.
The CEO/Managing Director of PNN, AbdulRahman Abiola Odunowo, said the vision behind the new innovation is to key into the emerging global market with a view to unlock the full potentials in technological advancement in all land related matters.
He further explained that through the use of Ilè D’olà Exchange, the ministry can now easily create an enabling environment for both local and international investors, validate ownership of properties, as well as easy transfer of ownership among others.
Odunowo, while unveiling the newly created App which provides for online tracking system of files codenamed Àwárí, said the App can easily be downloaded on Play Store, noting that it will eliminate cumbersomeness of files and unnecessary delays and allow individuals to identify stages of transactions, alerts the office user of delay of files.
Other features of the App, according to Odunowo, include easy detection and location of files, allowing external users easy access to download the App on Play Store.
He stated that the Àwárí App will officially be launched online on the February 11, 2022, noting that the App works for all files including old and new with their peculiar problems.
In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Tpl Ademola Bashir, advocated for team work. He also expressed confidence in the performance of staff of the ministry in the current.
The Permanent Secretary added that hitches encountered by residents in the purchase of title of ownership, transfer of ownership, land allocation, would be a thing of the past, with the calibre of the ministry’s reinvigorated workforce.
Other participants at the retreat include the Ag. Surveyor General, Esv. Abiodun Alaba; Chairman, State Board of Internal Revenue, Mr Femi Awakan and other top officials of the ministry.