The Lagos State Government has announced that its digital house number system is set for rollout by next week. The initiative, structured as an identifier project, will begin its pilot phase in Ikeja, the state capital.
A statement on Tuesday from the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile, explained that the project is aimed at assigning a unique digital identity to every property across the state.
It added that the system will be installed with QR codes and local government-specific colour codes to ensure service delivery, land documentation, security and navigation across the state.
“The Lagos State Government on Tuesday unveiled the pilot phase of its innovative ‘Identifier’ project, a comprehensive digital addressing system designed to streamline geographic house numbering and street naming across the State,” part of the statement reads.
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, when unveiling the project in June, described the initiative as a significant technology-driven approach to resolving land issues and improving urban management. He reiterated that properties across the state will be easily traced and accessible by scanning the codes.
“This project is about providing Lagosians with the world-class services they truly deserve. We’ve had issues ranging from tax evasion to untraceable addresses. This new digital system is the solution,” he said in June.
The Governor unveiled the project during the Nigeria Land Titling, Registration and Documentation Programme (NLTRDP) organised by the Lagos State Office of Electronic Geographic Information System (e-GIS) and Urban Development in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.
Reacting to the project, the Special Adviser to the Governor on e-GIS and Urban Development, Dr. Olajide Babatunde, described the new digital house numbering system as a system that will modernise Lagos’ infrastructure towards promoting a swift revenue collection, service delivery and security statewide.
The plan also aligns with the federal government of Nigeria’s project to modernise land administration. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, recently revealed plans to increase formally titled land from less than 3% to 50% within the next decade. He noted that untitled land is a blockage to its use as collateral and also diminishes its value in property transactions.
What Lagos State seeks to achieve with the identifier project
The unique house identifier is another move by the Lagos State Government to adopt a digital system of administration to facilitate quality service delivery across the megacity.
According to the Lagos State Government, the initiative includes a digital address feature with QR codes and local government-specific colour codes. Once the QR code is scanned, it grants access to significant property data, helps improve emergency response, postal delivery, urban planning accuracy, and curbs rental fraud.
The project will also enable better location tracking in densely populated areas by providing details such as property ownership, building approvals, and outstanding bills
Babajide linked the initiative to Lagos’ broader smart city agenda and recalled past tech footprints, such as the state’s data centre built under President Bola Tinubu’s governorship, an initiative that earned Lagos recognition from global institutions like the World Bank
Following the pilot launch in Ikeja next week, the Identifier Project is slated for expansion across other parts of the state in the upcoming months.
The Lagos Identity Project comes at a time when the state stands at the fulcrum of high housing demands and real estate investments.
According to a report, 60% of residents are tenants, and housing demand is estimated to be over 3.17 million as of 2023. Most of the existing accommodations are provided by private landlords, and tenants have to pay rent as high as 50-70% of their monthly incomes.
Lagos State is the second most populous state in Nigeria (behind Kano State), with a population figure of about 21.3 million and estimated to grow by 1 million annually. The metropolitan Lagos area (which covers 37% of the Lagos land mass) hosts about 85% of the population, resulting in an average population density of 20,000 persons per sq km.
To coordinate the fast-growing resources which has made the megacity a go-to area for Nigerians and industries, the system would help improve rental activities and curb fraud with location tracking in densely populated communities.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Joshua Fagbemi
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