International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume VI, Issue X, October 2022|ISSN 2454-6186

Effect of Geographic Information System on Urban Land Administration in Enugu, Nigeria

Ekwunife Chidubem Azie¹*, Charles Chukwunwike Egolum², Celestine Udoka Ugonabo^2
1Ministry of Lands, Survey and Town Planning, Anambra, Nigeria
²Department of Estate Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra, Nigeria
*Corresponding Author

Abstract: Numerous indications suggest that the goals of land administration are bedeviled by inefficiencies such as title document duplicity, delayed processes and ineffective land use monitoring. To address these land administration ineptitudes, policy makers, practitioners and academics have attenuated the adoption of information and communication technology facets such as geographic information systems (GIS). In response, the study investigated the effect of this technology on urban land administration in Enugu, Nigeria using GIS as proxy. Descriptive research design was employed over a population of 411 employees of the Enugu State Ministry of Lands, Survey and Town Planning. Given the manageable nature of the population, a census study was conducted. Data was collected from primary sources using structured questionnaire, and analysis employed Spearman Rank Order Correlation as a result of the nonparametric nature of the data collected. Findings show significant positive correlations between ArcGIS data management and duplicity attenuation (r=.928; p<.01), data efficiency and customer responsiveness (r=.937; p<.01), and remote sensing data capture and land use monitoring for sustainability in the study area (r=.790; p<.01). The study concluded that effect of GIS on urban land administration in Enugu was significantly positive. It was therefore recommended that recruitment and training of requisite ArcGIS, Geomedia and remote sensing competencies be made by the Ministry to alleviate duplicity of title documents, enhance customer responsiveness and environmental impacts of land use in Enugu, Nigeria.

Keywords: ArcGIS, Geographic Information System, Land title data efficiency, Remote sensing, Sustainable development

I. PRIMER

Land administration is the application and operationalization of land tenure systems in the management, use and alienation of land title (Dale & McLaughlin, 2000; Williamson et al., 2010). In Nigeria, this responsibility is saddled with the Ministry of Lands, Survey and Town Planning with the mandate of controlling land and its resources for the use and benefit of all citizens in a sustainable manner (Magaji & Umar, 2020). The motive of this responsibility becomes quite necessary in light of the criticality of land to ecological wellbeing and survival which implies that with any paucity of control, chaos such as disputes and conflict may ensue (Asaaga, 2021; Ewurum, 2016; Umeh, 1973). With the developmental scourge that usually follow such chaos, it becomes imperative that land administration responsibilities such as title issuance and security management, land registry management, land policy consultancy, general conveyance

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