State GIS agencies: BOGIS, SOGIS and KEBGIS
Geomatix delivered land software and GIS work for three state agencies: Landex for Borno’s BOGIS pilot, property-registration work for Sokoto, and the spatial data platform for Kebbi’s KEBGIS.
Revenue, titles and time to title.
- ₦3bn+Borno land revenue a year in 2026, up from ₦68.7m in 2019 and ₦436m in 2020
- 2,500+Certificates of Occupancy signed by BOGIS in five years, against 1,700 in the 20 years from 1999 to 2019
- ₦585m+generated by KEBGIS in under seven months in 2025
- 2 weeksfor applicants to obtain land titles at SOGIS, now fully automated
Figures reported by the agencies and the press. They are the agencies’ results. Geomatix delivered part of the work at each.
Sources: Daily Sun, “Borno generates N1.42B on land in 2021” (opens in a new tab) (6 Feb 2022); Borno State Government, “2026 Q1 Budget Implementation Report” (opens in a new tab) (Apr 2026); Nigerian Tribune, “Zulum commissions BOGIS ultra-modern facility for land stakeholders” (opens in a new tab) (10 Jan 2025); New Telegraph, “Idris@60; KEBGIS lauds Gov's lands revitalisation projects” (opens in a new tab) (6 Aug 2025); Nigerian Tribune, “Sokoto govt commissions rehabilitated SOGIS centre” (opens in a new tab) (23 Jun 2025).
Land records lived in paper files.
Land records were paper-based. Titles were slow to issue and hard to verify.
Land-related revenue was low. In Borno, land revenue was ₦68.7m in 2019.
Borno land revenue: from ₦68.7 million in 2019 to more than ₦3 billion a year today
- 2017Land records are kept on paper. Land revenue for the year: ₦14.6 million.
- 2018Land revenue: ₦19.6 million.
- 2019Borno establishes its Geographic Information Service, BOGIS. Revenue: ₦68.7 million.
- 2020Geomatix implements Landex, its land administration software, for the BOGIS pilot, as subcontractor to Cerebro Systems. Land revenue: ₦436 million.
- 2021Land revenue passes ₦1 billion for the first time: ₦1.42 billion.
- TodayBOGIS now reports more than ₦3 billion in land revenue a year; the state’s own budget report shows ₦1.05 billion in the first three months of 2026 alone. It has signed more than 2,500 Certificates of Occupancy in five years; between 1999 and 2019, the state issued 1,700.
Figures reported by the agency. Geomatix implemented Landex for the BOGIS pilot in 2020, as subcontractor to Cerebro Systems.
Show data table
| Year | Land revenue |
|---|---|
| 2017 | ₦14.6 million |
| 2018 | ₦19.6 million |
| 2019 | ₦68.7 million |
| 2020 | ₦436 million |
| 2021 | ₦1.42 billion |
| Today | More than ₦3 billion a year (2026) |
From a paper land file to a digital record.
Three agencies, three different jobs.
Our part differed at each agency.
- 01Borno · BOGIS · 2020Landex for the pilot
Implemented Landex, our land administration software, for the BOGIS pilot phase in Maiduguri, as subcontractor to Cerebro Systems.
- 02Sokoto · SOGIS · 2020Property registration and identity
Delivered work towards Sokoto’s SFTAS property-registration indicator (DLI 5), including the Sokoto data project and its equipment. Designed the SOGIS logo.
- 03Kebbi · KEBGIS · 2021–22Spatial data platform and DLI 5
Under a 12-month agreement with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development: built the Spatial Data Infrastructure platform and GeoServer, hosted the captured building data, managed the state’s DLI 5 project and supplied internet. Designed the agency’s logo.
- 04Every agencyStaff capacity
Training for agency staff, as in every Geomatix engagement.
What the three agencies report now.
- BOGIS · Borno
More than 2,500 Certificates of Occupancy signed in five years, and about ₦5bn generated in the process.
Nigerian Tribune, “Zulum commissions BOGIS ultra-modern facility for land stakeholders” (opens in a new tab) (10 Jan 2025) - BOGIS · Borno
The state’s 2025 approved budget projects ₦3.59bn from BOGIS on a single revenue line.
Borno State Government, “FY2025 Approved Budget” - SOGIS · Sokoto
Fully automated after a ₦698m modernisation commissioned in June 2025.
Nigerian Tribune, “Sokoto govt commissions rehabilitated SOGIS centre” (opens in a new tab) (23 Jun 2025) - SOGIS · Sokoto
The state has moved to digital, tamper-proof CofO recertification.
Vanguard, “Sokoto launches digital land management system, begins C of O recertification” (opens in a new tab) (3 Sep 2025) - KEBGIS · Kebbi
Over ₦585m in internally generated revenue in under seven months in 2025, with 150+ CofOs signed in under four months and 200 land transactions processed.
New Telegraph, “Idris@60; KEBGIS lauds Gov's lands revitalisation projects” (opens in a new tab) (6 Aug 2025) - KEBGIS · Kebbi
2025 revenue target set at ₦1bn.
Nigerian Tribune, “Kebbi targets N1bn IGR for 2025” (opens in a new tab) (23 Jan 2025)
On screen and in the field.
Before photos from Geomatix project archives · the CofO screen is illustrative
Where these figures were reported.
- Daily Sun, “Borno generates N1.42B on land in 2021” (opens in a new tab) (6 Feb 2022)
- Borno State Government, “2026 Q1 Budget Implementation Report” (opens in a new tab) (Apr 2026)
- Nigerian Tribune, “Zulum commissions BOGIS ultra-modern facility for land stakeholders” (opens in a new tab) (10 Jan 2025)
- The Guardian, “Borno issues 2,500 CofO to boost IGR, land administration” (opens in a new tab) (13 Jan 2025)
- Borno State Government, “FY2025 Approved Budget”
- New Telegraph, “Idris@60; KEBGIS lauds Gov's lands revitalisation projects” (opens in a new tab) (6 Aug 2025)
- Nigerian Tribune, “Kebbi targets N1bn IGR for 2025” (opens in a new tab) (23 Jan 2025)
- Nigerian Tribune, “Sokoto govt commissions rehabilitated SOGIS centre” (opens in a new tab) (23 Jun 2025)
- New Telegraph, “Sokoto commissions renovated N698.4m digital land information centre” (opens in a new tab) (24 Jun 2025)
- Vanguard, “Sokoto launches digital land management system, begins C of O recertification” (opens in a new tab) (3 Sep 2025)
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