In 2015, Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode approved the release of Electronic Certificates of Occupancy and it has since been officially adopted. Prior to the approval, advertised schedule had been published in several publications. To collect their C of O, the allottees listed in the schedule were expected to visit the Lands Bureau at the Alausa Secretariat in Ikeja for the collection of their Certificates of Occupancy. The electronic Certificate of Ownership contains a transactional page, which shows all transactions that have taken place on the land. The good thing about this is that it allows you to assess the history of any land in question. The inability of many landlords and property owners to lay claim to a valid certificate of occupancy led to the introduction of the electronic certificate of occupancy by the state government to aid the rapid issuing of certificate of occupancy (C of O) documents to landlords and property owners. The electronic certifi