Responsibilities: Lands Bureau

1. Land Policy and Land Matters.
2. Acquisition of Land for State purposes.
3. Land Registry (Administration & Control) in conjunction with Ministry of Justice
4. Subsequent Transaction including Assignment, Mortgage, Leases, Power of Attorney
5. Resolving Land disputes between individuals in conjunction with Ministry of Justice
6. Neighborhood Improvement Charge (NIC) in areas not enumerated
7. Servicing and Monitoring of Land Use Allocation Committee.
8. Allocation of Land reclamation in conjunction with other relevant Agencies
9. Compensation for acquired Lands.
10. Land Use and Allocation Matters
11. Issuance and Revocation of Certificates of Occupancy
12. Dispute resolution on Land Matters
13. Creation and Management of Residential and Industrial Schemes
14. Any other duty as may be assigned by the Governor.

DEPARTMENTS/UNITS IN LANDS BUREAU

1. LAND SERVICES DEPARTMENT
2. LAND REGULARIZATION
3. LAND REGISTRY
4. & HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
5. ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT

UNITS

1. LEGAL UNIT
2. PUBLIC AFFAIRS/COMPLAINTS UNIT
3. PROCUREMENT UNIT
4. INTERNAL AUDIT UNIT
5. PLANNING UNIT
6. ICT UNIT
7. SURVEY UNIT