No Change in Kano Land Recertification Deadline, Says Commissioner

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano

The Kano State Government has said that the ongoing land recertification deadline of 31st January 2025 remains unchanged even as no fewer than 2,000 land owners recertified their certificate of occupancy in the state.
The state Commissioner for Land and Physical Planning, Abduljabar Muhammad, disclosed this yesterday during a press conference in Kano.

He said barely two months after the commencement of the renewal of the certificate of occupancy for land owners, the ministry has witnessed over one million land owners coming for documentation, registration as well as the recertification.

It would be recalled that Governor Abba Yusuf officially flagged off the recertification of titled documents in Kano State on 25th November 2024 for all the land owners in the state.
“We have recertified over 2,000 CofOs and still counting, we have equally began the processing of Systematic Land Title Registration (SLTR) documents, so as to be given regular CofOs.

“The recertification deadline of 31 January, 2025 still stands, we urge all those that have not yet recertified their documents, to do so before the deadline, in order to protect and secure their land related properties,” he said.
“We are proud to proclaim that we have had over one million distinct recertification-related interactions covering everything from conversion to name change and actual recertification applications.

his juncture, it is vital to mention the tremendous effort being made to begin Sectional Titling in the state, which is set to begin anytime from now. This will ease the ownership of businesses in a conglomerates as well as in housing estates, plazas, block of flats and markets, and will also enhance the IGR of the state,” the commissioner added.

The commissioner further warned that land owners who refuse to come forward for recertification, risk losing their lands at the end of the exercise on 31st of January.