BY Monsur Olowoopejo

LAGOS—Lagos State government has concluded plans to release the first batch of the newly introduced Electronic Certificate of Occupancy, E-C of O, aimed at improving security of land management in the state.
Permanent Secretary of Lands Bureau, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, disclosed this at a media briefing to announce the official launch of the E-C  at Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja,

The Permanent Secretary lamented that activities of forgers were affecting the authenticity of the old Yellow paper C of O which had been in existence since the enactment of the Land Use Act in 1978.
He said  “But with this new development, the state government is now in line with international best practices in land certification and registration.
“It incorporates technology driven security features that makes it extremely difficult to clone or forge the paper on which the certificate is printed.”