Truthfully, the whole process of acquiring a Certificate of Occupancy is very demanding and tedious which is why people tend to look for the easiest way and later end up getting duped. But “hurray” the state government has introduced the new Electronic Certificate of Occupancy. The papers for Certificate of Occupancy being used in Lagos state will be phased out and replaced by a more secure electronic land title format in line with acceptable international standards on land administration and management.
This process of Electronic Certificate of Occupancy under the New Lagos State Certificate of Occupancy project, will allow all Certificate of Occupancy currently in circulation, be withdrawn and replaced with the E-C-of-O, which will be genuine and verifiable. The objective of this project is to establish a fully automated and computerized method for issuing Certificate of Ownership, reduce theft and increase the public confidence by imprinting rectitude in the Certificate of Ownership issued by the state Government.

With the introduction of this E-C of O, there will be unnecessarily delay in the issuance of the document and also, the issue of Certificate of Ownership being issued to different parties on the same piece of land, leading to endless litigations will stop and also, fraudulent transactions of acquiring a certificate of occupancy will be reduced.
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Nice development