Imo state gov't commences issuance of new designed Certificate of Occupancy

The Imo state government has commenced the issuance of the new
designed Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) to property owners in Imo
state.

The issuance was done during the official flag off of the signing of
the new Certificate of Occupancy at the Imo International Conference
Centre in Owerri the Imo state capital.

The Imo State governor Mr. Rochas Okorocha represented by the
Secretary to the State Government, George Eche says the new C of O
will put an end to land racketeering and forgery in the Ministry of
Lands and will in turn boost the Internally Generated Revenue of the
state government.

The Commissioner of Lands, Survey and Urban Planning Mr. Law Eberuo
also disclosed that the new C of O is cheaper to acquire as the
processes have also been simplified.

He further revealed that the state government through the Ministry of
Lands has also introduced digitalization of ministry to ensure proper
data analysis and enhance express search of documents in the ministry.