Cadastral Surveying in Niger state, Nigeria : An overview

Abstract

Governments throughout the world have created and implemented cadastral systems in a unique way. These systems are intended to aid making decisions on land and property among government, industry, and society. This research seeks to present the technical aspect of cadastral practices in the department of survey, Ministry of land and housing Minna, Niger state Nigeria. Questionnaire was designed and shared to respondent which comprises of staff of the department of land survey in the Ministry and the general public. The sample size was estimated using fisher’s formula to be 87. The questionnaire consist of four sections which includes: cadastral awareness and knowledge, land registration, and cadastral mapping and survey. From the field survey, it was recorded that about 45% of the respondent indicates lack of awareness of cadastral practices system while 49% of the respondent indicates not understanding the needs for deeds registration. 64% of the respondent (staff) uses handheld instruments whose accuracy is within the radius of 3m-5m to carryout survey operations. The outcomes of the research indicates a clear fact that the Niger state (Minna) cadastral practices is in serious challenges as it practices have deviated from the norm and professional ethic of the profession. However, to overcome these challenges, there is need to organize workshop especially for staff of the department of survey of the Ministry basically in two directions “Instrumentation and Mapping” and also to enlighten the general public on the relevant of survey operations in general