REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Paix-Travail-Patrie SERVICES DU PREMIER MINISTRE SECRETARIAT GENERAL
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# PRESS RELEASE FOLLOWING CABINET MEETING OF 25 JULY 2019
Yaounde, 25 July 2019
The Prime Minister, Head of Government, His Excellency Joseph DION NGUTE, this Thursday 25 July 2019 at 10 a.m., chaired this month’s Cabinet Meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office.
The meeting was attended by Ministers of State, Ministers, Ministers Delegate and Secretaries of State.
Three themes featured on the agenda:
- A Statement by the Minister of State Property, Surveys and Land Tenure on “Digitisation of the Land Registry and the Securing of National Public Land and Land Documents for the Development of Economic Activities;
- A Statement by the Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development on “The Achievements and Prospects of the Capacity-Building Project in the Mining Sector (PRECASEM).
- A Report by the Minister of Public Works on “The Establishment of an Asphalt Production Unit in Cameroon”.
Following the introductory statement of the Head of Government, the Minister of State Property, Surveys and Land Tenure presented his statement on the digitisation of the land registry, and securing national public land and land documents. The process of digitising the land registry involves fundamental and over-arching measures involving the rehabilitation of public spaces and securing of real property rights for economic stakeholders, as provided for by Law No. 76/25 of 14 December 1976 to organise the land registry. This Law provides for the digitisation of the land registry through the progressive transfer of data on property and real estate from analogue media or paper formats to digital media. Thus, with the help of several partners, Government launched the Support Project for the Modernisation of the Land Registry and Improvement of the Business Climate (PAMOCCA) in 2010, involving three main pillars: the creation of a national geodesic network, digital large-scale mapping and the implementation of digital cadastral layout plans in councils. Results obtained include the establishment of 2974 geodesic points expressed in coordinates, and the digitisation of 198 510 technical land registers files. The digitisation process is underway for 130 000 land titles and 480 000 plots of national and State land in four pilot cities: Douala, Yaounde, Garoua and Maroua.