By Oludamisi Ojo.
Determined to improve security and socio-economic development plans for the people of Ekiti State, Governor Kayode Fayemi, has ordered the enumeration of all landed property and naming of all streets across the 16 local government areas of the state.

Already, his administration has commenced training of 485 enumerators to accomplish the task.

According to him, this proper land policy becomes imperative, to guide the state in view of the present security challenges and ensuring even distribution of amenities, by ascertaining areas of deficit and surplus.

Speaking on Thursday during the commencement of training for the enumerators and community relations officers in Ado Ekiti, Fayemi lamented tthat lack of proper street naming and numbering in the state is hindering development.

The Governor was represented by Director General, Bureau of Lands, Mrs Funke Falodun.

He said the measure would also buoy Ekiti’s land administration and management .

The programme coordinated by the Ekiti State Geospatial Data Center (EK-SGDC),Fayemi said was in furtherance of the Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (STFAS) Disbursement Link Indicator (DLI) 11.3 Property Records Survey Scheme of Ekiti State .

He said”The essence of the training program is to get the Enumerators and the Community Relation Officers abreast of the importance of quality spatial data collection to the development of our state”

The governor noted that the success of any survey work depends on the quality and authenticity of the data collection.

He emphasized that the State Government is committed to the provision of infrastructures, improved security and general well-being of the people of this State.

Also, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Geographical Information System, Mr. Bode Ogunyemi, said the purpose of the training, is to boost the effectiveness of the enumerators and community relation officers to gather authentic and accurate data to be deployed for good governance.

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He noted that” Part of why many Niegrians were being denied Visas to USA is that, they have no proper identification about their residential places. Even if you check Google Map, it will indicate the name of any area and number of each residence, but this is not applicable to Ekiti.