KOTA KINABALU, April 24 -- The Gabungan Rakyat Sabah government has issued over 16,000 native titles (NT) or Field Registrar (FR) titles during their administration since 2020.

Assistant minister to the chief minister Datuk Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan said that 16,760 native titles were granted for 223 villages totalling 4,834 hectares and 11 settlements totalling 271 hectares was also gazetted during the same period.

"This is a testament to the government's concern for the people's needs," he told the State Assembly today.

Meanwhile, he said a total of 4,339 draft titles covering an area of 8,787 hectares for NT/FR conditional land applications while 406 draft titles covering an area of 5,199.53 hectares for lease conditional land applic...