The Bayelsa State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a reputable IT provider, SIVAN Design D. S. Limited, to develop a world-class computerised system to manage  its Geographic Information System, (BGIS).
Speaking during the MOU signing ceremony at Government House, Yenagoa, Governor Seriake Dickson noted that the project when completed would go a long way in enhancing on-going efforts by his administration to beautify its capital city.
Apart from facilitating the growth of critical infrastructure in the state, the governor maintained that the project would also increase government’s capacity in driving its tax policy.
Governor Dickson, who decried what he describes as undue delay in the issuance of certificates of occupancy (C of O ), pointed out that the Bayelsa Geographic Information System would speed up the process of certifying titles to owners of landed property in the state.
“This project when completed will give us the capacity to turn Yenagoa around from being a slum city to one of the best planned and beautiful and modern cities in this country”
“This is one of the most important projects the ministry of lands will be executing under my government. It is my belief and expectation that in no distant time, it will be possible in this state for people to go into land transaction and in a matter of days and weeks, not months and years, have their certificate of occupancy”.
Describing the project as dear to his administration’s restoration agenda, Hon. Dickson, urged the contractor to execute the project according to specification and deliver it in record time.
To facilitate the job, Governor Dickson presented a financial instrument (draft) worth N508 million, which represents 30 per cent payment of the total contract sum as mobilisation.