Technological Innovations in Land Administration System (LAS): Concern on Level of Awareness in Nigeria
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2020-12-31
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Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Press
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The study examined the level of awareness of technological innovations in land administration among stakeholders comprising academics and officials
charged with the responsibility of administering and managing land in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. The study sampled 114 land experts
and employed multi-layer non-probabilistic sampling, i.e. cluster, convenience and snowballing techniques. Descriptive statistics of mean score of weighted
options (5-point Likert scale), cross tabulation and Kruskal-Wallis test were deployed to analyse the data. The mean score (MS) showed a very low level of
awareness of technological innovations among the respondents. The result revealed that, the respondents have a fair knowledge of Geodata Cadastral
Database and Land Resource Manager. The compare mean score analysis of the level of awareness against the respondents’ background information
revealed that field personnel, GIS experts, HND holders and experienced land administrators were relatively familiar with the technologies in their
categories. Kruskal-Wallis was used to test if there is a significant difference in the opinions of the respondents considering variation in their background
profiles. The test result showed that there is no statistical significant difference in the opinions of the land experts. The findings signaled that the operation
of land administration in the country is still at a basic level, manual and labour intensive. The study therefore advocated for scaling up of sensitisation and
awareness campaigns on the technological innovations, synergy between field and academic land experts, training and re-training of personnel and adoption
of strong institutional framework that will enhance LAS in the country.
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Land administration, System, Technologies, Innovations, Awareness