Oyo unveils digital system for building plan approval

The Oyo State Government on Monday unveiled plans to commence a new digital system for building/survey plan approval.

The Commissioner for Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, Williams Akin-Funmilayo, revealed this during a meeting with all zonal directors of town planning offices in the state, held at the ministry’s conference room.

Akin-Funmilayo, in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said the new digital process marked a new development in urban management and infrastructural regulation.

He said the new system would stop all forms of leakages and irregularities that manual operations had allowed in the past, adding that the digital building plan approval process would be transparent and traceable.

“The new plan approval system would eradicate the traditional way of doing things; it is fully automated and equipped with security features, including a bar code that generates and validates every approved document.

“The period of inefficiency and compromise within the officials of town planning is over.

The present administration would no longer tolerate excuses but good results that reflect the government’s investment in modernisation,” the commissioner said.

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

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

He further assured all citizens that the new digital plan system would allow them to apply and process building approvals from anywhere in the world, save time, and eliminate the need for intermediaries or backdoor dealings.

The commissioner urged all property owners to support the government by adhering strictly to the new system.