Oyo Plans Digital Approval For Building, Survey Plans

The Oyo State government on Monday announced plans to commence a new digital system for building and survey plan approval.

Commissioner for Lands, Housing, and Urban Development in the state, Williams Akin-Funmilayo, revealed this during a meeting with zonal directors of town planning offices in the state in Ibadan.

Akin-Funmilayo stated that the new digital process marked a new development in urban management and infrastructural regulation.

He explained that the new development would stop all forms of leakages and irregularities that manual operations had established in the past.

The commissioner disclosed that with the new digital building plan approval system, there will be more transparent and traceable process in the sector across the state.

He maintained that the new approval system will eradicate the traditional process, saying it was fully automated and equipped with security features, including a bar code that generates and validates every approved document.

He noted that the period of inefficiency and compromise within the officials of town planning was over, adding that the present administration would no longer tolerate excuses but good results that reflect the government’s investment in modernisation.

Akin-Funmilayo therefore charged the task forces and enforcement departments at the Physical Planning to step up their monitoring operations and clamp down on all developers or individuals violating planning regulations.

He reaffirmed that the present administration was determined to protect lives and properties through strict compliance with planning laws and approved construction standards.

He assured citizens that the new digital plan system will allow them to apply and process building approval from anywhere in the world and also save time and eradicate the need for intermediaries or backdoor dealings.

He urged property owners to support the state government by adhering strictly to the new development, assuring them that it will be friendly and corruption-free.