BENIN-CITY- The Confirmation of Barr. (Mrs) Osaro Grace Aihie as the new Managing Director, Edo State Geographic Information Service,( EDOGIS) by the Edo State House of Assembly,(EDHA), on Monday, September 5, 2022 has continued to elicit wild Jubilation among staff of the Agency as well as other concerned members of the Public.

EDOGIS is the official Agency of the State Government primarily saddled with the responsibility to process, register, grant and procure all land titles including Certificate of Occupancy (C of O), Rights of Occupancy and grant of consent in Land transactions as required by Law, to anyone who requires the services of the Agency on the subject matter of land.

Mrs Grace Aihie’s Confirmation on Monday, September 5, 2022 followed the consideration of the report of an ad hoc committee set up by EDHA Speaker, Rt. Hon. Marcus Onobun for the purpose.

Speaking shortly after presenting the report of the ad hoc committee which screened the nominee, Mrs Osaro Grace Aihie, sent to the House by the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki for the position of the Managing Director, Edo State Geographic Information Service, EDOGIS, the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon Roland Asoro said the committee came up with four findings and one recommendation.

The House at the committee of the whole considered the one point recommendation in the report which is that the nominee be confirmed as Managing Director of EDOGIS .

She was subsequently confirmed after the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Marcus Onobun gave an update on the resolution at the committee of the whole.

Meanwhile, following the confirmation of the appointment of Barr. Mrs Osaro Grace Aihie as new MD of EDOGIS, staff of the Agency and members of the Public have continued to celebrate and congratulate her on what they have generally described as “a well deserved appointment and confirmation”

Until her appointment and subsequent confirmation as the Managing Director, EDOGIS, Mrs Osaro Grace Aihie was the Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Physical Planning, Urban and Regional Development, ( MPPURD).

She holds a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Benin City, Edo State and a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Estate Management from Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State.

Barr. Mrs Osaro Grace Aihie is a registered Surveyor and Valuer and a fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers.

It will be recalled that Barr. Grace Aihie was appointed by Governor Godwin Obaseki as the Managing Director, EDOGIS, vide a letter dated August 3rd, 2022 and signed by the Secretary to Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie (Esq).

The letter described Barr. Aihie as ” a thoroughbred Professional in Estate Management who kicked off her career as a Higher Estate Officer in the Directorate of Lands and Surveys ( later Ministry of Lands and Surveys) and rose through the ranks to become a Permanent Secretary in the Civil Service”.

Barr. Osaro Grace Aihie takes over from Arch. Frank Evbuomwan, the pioneer Managing Director of EDOGIS, whose five-year tenure ended August 1, 2022.