Realizing rural area cadastre and land management in the emerging technology
Ono, Matthew N. & Joel I. Igbokwe
New technologies are emerging and abound everywhere. They have made surveying practice quite interesting and easier. But our rural areas where majority population is residing are still quite under surveyed in this era of new emerging technology. Hence, our rural cadastre and land management remains in comatose. Investigations have shown that practicing surveyors still use the analogue driven instruments for most if not all their survey works. They lacked the innovation and prerequisite knowledge of the new technologies. Hence, they exhibit a lot of lukewarm in training and re-training programmes in the new methodologies. Also, existing laws (legislations) are archaic as there are no provisions for implementation of the new technologies. Further, our rural areas lacked the necessary reference framework (controls) to ensure that surveys are carried out to produce cadastral plans (to show size/extent, shape, ownership, etc) of land parcels. Consequently, surveyors create disparate surveys by using local origins. It is here being advocated for extension and densification of our controls to our rural areas. Also, reviewing and updating the present legislations to legally incorporate the use of these new technologies. Again, the practicing surveyors should become disposed to the new technologies by engaging in retraining through seminars/conferences and workshops. Hence paving the way to achieve our rural cadastre and land management.
Event: 5th FIG Regional Conference for Africa : Promoting Land Administration and Good Governance
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