World Bank SFTAS: fiscal reform, property registration and land data
SFTAS rewarded states for fiscal transparency, and its DLI 5 covered property registration. Geomatix delivered DLI 5 work for Sokoto in 2020 and managed Kebbi’s DLI 5 project under contract in 2021–22.
From 2/5 to 14/15, and US$2.5m to US$22m.
- 14/15Sokoto’s SFTAS score in 2020, up from 2/5 in 2019, among the top three states in Nigeria
- US$22mWorld Bank performance-based grants in 2020, up from US$2.5m the year before
- 3World Bank Awards of Excellence for SFTAS implementation, in 2022
- US$33min SFTAS grants over three years, as reported by Sokoto’s Commissioner for Finance
Results achieved by Sokoto State across all its indicators. Geomatix delivered the state’s property-registration (DLI 5) work in 2020.
Sources: ThisDay, “Sokoto gets World Bank's $22m grant for financial propriety” (opens in a new tab) (2 Jan 2021); The Guardian, “Sokoto gets World Bank $22m grant for financial propriety” (opens in a new tab) (2 Jan 2021); ThisDay, “SFTAS: Sokoto receives 3 awards of excellence from World Bank” (opens in a new tab) (17 Nov 2022); AllTimePost, “Dasuki formally hands over Finance Ministry” (opens in a new tab) (10 May 2022).
Sokoto in 2020, Kebbi in 2021–22.
In Sokoto, the Commissioner assigned Geomatix work towards DLI 5, property registration, in 2020. It included the Sokoto data project.
In the same effort we built websites for the Ministry of Budget and Finance, the Ministry of Health, the Office of the Head of Service and the Sokoto Internal Revenue Service.
In Kebbi, the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development contracted Geomatix in January 2021 to manage the state’s DLI 5 project for 12 months and to build its spatial data platform.
Sokoto, from 2/5 to 14/15.
- 2019
In 2019, Sokoto scored 2 out of 5 on SFTAS.
- 2020
In 2020 it scored 14 out of 15, among the top three states. That year Geomatix delivered the state’s property-registration (DLI 5) work.
- Grants
The state received US$22m in World Bank performance-based grants: US$5m in November 2020 for its COVID-19 budget, and US$17.4m for its 2019 fiscal performance. The year before, it received US$2.5m.
- 2022
Sokoto later received three World Bank Awards of Excellence for SFTAS implementation, in 2022.
Sources: ThisDay, “Sokoto gets World Bank's $22m grant for financial propriety” (opens in a new tab) (2 Jan 2021); ThisDay, “SFTAS: Sokoto receives 3 awards of excellence from World Bank” (opens in a new tab) (17 Nov 2022).
The scoring scale changed between years, so each year is drawn against its own maximum.
Structures, enumeration, data sharing and a land database.
- 01Project managementDLI 5 project management
Managed Kebbi’s DLI 5 project under contract, and set up project-management structures in Sokoto.
- 02EnumerationProperty enumeration for taxation
Advised on property enumeration for taxation.
- 03Data sharingAgreements between MDAs
Facilitated agreements between MDAs for real-time data sharing.
- 04Sokoto Data Project · 2020–2022A land administration database
Digitised physical land records and carried out GIS mapping and spatial data work, to build a structured, accessible land administration database. It was part of the state’s DLI 5 work.
Sokoto, Kebbi and Jigawa under SFTAS.
- Sokoto
US$22m in 2020: US$5m in November 2020 for its COVID-19 budget, and US$17.4m for its 2019 fiscal performance.
ThisDay, “Sokoto gets World Bank's $22m grant for financial propriety” (opens in a new tab) (2 Jan 2021) - Kebbi
Came first nationally in the 2020 SFTAS verification, earning US$18.6m.
Kebbi State Government, “2023 Approved Budget (budget speech)” - Jigawa
Named among eight states to complete all SFTAS property-registration work.
ThisDay, “SFTAS: Jigawa set for migration to GIS” (opens in a new tab) (4 Mar 2022)
On screen and in the field.
Stand-in images · commission real field photography
Where these figures were reported.
- ThisDay, “Sokoto gets World Bank's $22m grant for financial propriety” (opens in a new tab) (2 Jan 2021)
- The Guardian, “Sokoto gets World Bank $22m grant for financial propriety” (opens in a new tab) (2 Jan 2021)
- ThisDay, “SFTAS: Sokoto receives 3 awards of excellence from World Bank” (opens in a new tab) (17 Nov 2022)
- AllTimePost, “Dasuki formally hands over Finance Ministry” (opens in a new tab) (10 May 2022)
- Kebbi State Government, “2023 Approved Budget (budget speech)”
- ThisDay, “SFTAS: Jigawa set for migration to GIS” (opens in a new tab) (4 Mar 2022)
- World Bank, “SFTAS Program evaluation report”
Next case studies.
Discuss your land administration programme.
Whether you are setting up a state GIS agency or digitising a registry, we design, build, run and hand over.