ANALYTICAL STUDY OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON LAND ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Manual record keeping in land administration has been in use in most land related departments throughout Anambra State. Most towns in Anambra State have been expanding rapidly with the increasing rate of urbanization. With this rapid expansion, manual record-keeping has become inefficient, time consuming and prone to abuses; this warrants the need for a better system of land administration and management practices. This research therefore, analytically studies the information management system on land administration and management in Anambra state. This study provided an overview of contributions made so far on land information management systems, with the sole purpose of ascertaining the progress recorded and inherent challenges to the existing system. Developers in Anambra State suffer unnecessary delays in obtaining land title and land title information. The scenario has caused failure and abandonment of many developmental projects. A more robust and integrated land information management system that will provide timely land information for the stakeholders in state is imperative. This research studied the opinions of land officers in the Ministry of Lands, registered estate surveyors and legal practitioners in Anambra State. Sample size of 324 was derived using Taro Yamane Formula from the population of the study, while 310 respondents duly completed questionnaires were used for the analysis. In the presentation, analysis and interpretation of data, tabular, statistical and textual modes of data presentation was used. Inferential statistics were used to interpret, or explain the association and relationship that existed between the independent and dependent variables, and inferences were drawn from these relationships using T-Test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test, using Statistical computing package (SPSS). The results identified the problems faced by Land Administration in Anambra State, with lack of proper procedures in registration of land (rural & urban)” having the highest weighted mean and the lowest standard deviation, while “Proper procedures for lodgment of complaints” was dismissed as a problem of Land Administration in the State. It was recommended that the Ministry should establish a website, which will enable e-payment of land taxes, application for C of O and making enquiries about land in the state, initiate an enlightenment campaign to acquaint the general public on the relevance of computerization of land records as well as its inherent benefits to the state.