Kaduna Land Reforms: Gov Uba Sani authorizes downward review of state-wide processing fees, extends deadline for recertification

The Kaduna State Government is currently undergoing proactive land reforms in a bid to sanitize the system and ensure due process. In line with these objectives, Kaduna State Governor Senator Uba Sani in accordance with the Land Use Act 1978 has approved the downward review of processing fees for the Recertification Programme by the Kaduna […]

The Kaduna State Government is currently undergoing proactive land reforms in a bid to sanitize the system and ensure due process.

In line with these objectives, Kaduna State Governor Senator Uba Sani in accordance with the Land Use Act 1978 has approved the downward review of processing fees for the Recertification Programme by the Kaduna State Geographic Information Service(KADGIS) among other notable interventions.

The current reviewed fee is now set at N20,000.00 for those without assignment and N40,000.00 for those with assignment.

Similarly, in a public service announcement signed by KADGIS, it was stated that “Governor Sani has extended the registration for the Recertification Programme up to May 2025 and has further removed associated penalties to accommodate title holders who have not registered yet.

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Furthermore, in line with the power vested on him by the Land Use Act, 2004, His Excellency, Senator Uba Sani has graciously approved the downward review of the penalty fees for areas declared for regularization in Kaduna State.

This downward review is aimed at easing the burden of occupiers of such areas for the regularization programme to get titles for their property faster and at an affordable fee.”

The KADGIS announcement further highlighted the reviewed penalty fees in areas declared for regularization, as follows:-

For Systematic Regularization Areas such as NAFDAC Land Narayi, Ungwan Mua’azu Industrial Layout, Police Land at Hayin Dogo Rigachikun, Sterling Land at Mando, Kinkinau Tudun Wada, Stello at Sabon Tasha Kaduna, Chanchandi Land at Matagyi Sabon Tasha, NITEL
Land at Television and Oil Village at Mahuta
,the current penalty fees are now N80,000 from the old fee of N500,000.

Similarly, for Organic Regularization areas; which covers areas with existing settlements which are expanding like Sabon-Gida Millenium City, Gidan-Daji Millenium City, Danhonu, Danbushiya, Keke A, Babban-Saura, Ungwan Maigero, Janruwa, Old Kamazou, Kamazou
G.R.A, Karji/Babban-Saura are now N50,000 from the old N500,000 penalty fee.

Additionally for Special Regularization Areas such as NITR Ungwan Rimi and Gbagyi Villa the fee has been reviewed to N150,000 from the old fee of N500,000 – while
For Special Regularization Area 2 is now N100,000 from N500,000.

The Kaduna State Government remains committed to restoring order to its land processing systems and has urged all those concerned to take advantage of the opportunity to register and regularize all existing documents.