The Land Use Act and Land Ownership Debate in Nigeria
The Land Use Act and Land Ownership Debate in Nigeria

Author: Akintunde Kabir Otubu

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 19

ISBN-13:

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This paper sets out to examine the concept of ownership with respect to land within the confines of the provisions of the Land Use Act and in the light of the diverse positions taken by scholars and commentators on the provisions of the Act. It discusses the positions of the 2 schools of thought on the subject, rationalizes them and posits that the underlying intent of the Act was to Nationalize all lands in the country by vesting the beneficial interest in the land in the state, leaving the citizens with determinable possessory rights and beneficial interest in the developments and improvements on the land. Resolving the impasse, the paper advocates for review of the Act to be in tandem with its underlying philosophy and principles as espoused in the preamble to the Act.

Land Law in Nigeria
Land Law in Nigeria

Author: Adefi M. Olong

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9788422640

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This study, in nineteen chapters, deals with the various issues pertaining to land law in Nigeria. Namely: Concept of ownership; ownership and communal land holding under customary land tenure; individual land ownership; family land ownership; alienation under customary law; nature of customary tenancy; pledge; the law of property; an overview of the effect of the Land Use Act on customary ownership of land; The Nigerian Land Use Act; Land Use Act 1978; ways of declaration of title to land; legal mortgage; the position of landlord and tenant; the procedure for recovery of premises under the recovery of premises law; classification of right of occupancy; nature of prescription; march towards the reform of the Land Use Act.

Land Law in Nigeria
Land Law in Nigeria

Author: M.D. Olong

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2012-06-05

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9788422721

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This study, in nineteen chapters, deals with the various issues pertaining to land law in Nigeria. Namely: Concept of ownership; ownership and communal land holding under customary land tenure; individual land ownership; family land ownership; alienation under customary law; nature of customary tenancy; pledge; the law of property; an overview of the effect of the Land Use Act on customary ownership of land; The Nigerian Land Use Act; Land Use Act 1978; ways of declaration of title to land; legal mortgage; the position of landlord and tenant; the procedure for recovery of premises under the recovery of premises law; classification of right of occupancy; nature of prescription; march towards the reform of the Land Use Act.

Tenure security and demand for land tenure regularization in Nigeria
Tenure security and demand for land tenure regularization in Nigeria

Author: Hagos, Hosaena Ghebru

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13:

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In line with the conventional view that customary land rights impede agricultural development, the traditional tenure system in Nigeria has been perceived to obstruct the achievement of efficient development and agricultural transformation. This led to the Land Use Act (LUA) of 1978. As a remedial measure to the perceived inadequacy of the traditional tenure system, the act nationalized the control of all land, empowering state governors and local governments with administration and manage-ment of land.1 The act conferred on state governors the custodian right to provide use rights (i.e., the ‘right of occupancy’) for land users in their state, dissolving any possessory (freehold) rights to land which were granted by the customary system.

The Land Use Act
The Land Use Act

Author: Olayide Adigun

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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Legal theories of property : the Land Use Act in perspective /Olayide Adigun(12 p.). --Land Use Act : a catalyst or clog to economic development /Danjuma Domven Rimdan(9 p.). --Law and policy : Land Use Act 1978 : an appraisal /Abdel Fatayi Kuti(11 p.). --Role of the local government in the implementation of the Land Use Act : the Bendel State experience /A.O.O Ekpu(12 p.). --Implementation of the Land Use Act by local governments : a case study of Okirka and Gokana, Tai-Eleme local government areas of Rivers State /D.N Obele(10 p.). --Role of the state government in the implementation of the Land Use Act /D.Z Datong(7 p.). --Extent of the powers of the military governor under the Land Use Act /Yinka Ajitena(6 p.). --Socio-economic implications of the consent provision of the Land Use Act /F.O Adeoye(13 p.). --Problems of land acquisition and administration in the public sector /B.A Mbah(14 p.). --Impact of the Land Use Act on petroleum operations /Momodu Kassim-Momodu(9 p.). --Land Use Act and the banking industry /Kola Oluwajana(7 p.). --Land as security after the Land Use Act : the bankers' view /M.A Adesanya(14 p.). --Practical implications of the Land Use Act, 1978 on mortgages /Ladi Taiwo(11 p.). --Judicial view of the right of occupancy /F.O Awogu(11 p.). --Courts and the problem of compensation for land rights /M.O Onalaja(15p.).

Resource Utilization and Management
Resource Utilization and Management

Author: Dennis Arekpita Ogirri

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-07-18

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 1477131264

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This book is on the study of resource utilization and management, a case study of the impact of state land ownership and land use regulation on development in Nigeria from 1955-1985. In 1978, the Federal Military Government of Nigeria promulgated a Land Use Decree whose objectives were to introduce a uniform land policy for the whole country, control hoarding and speculating in land, and facilitate the allocation of land for national development. However, critics of the decree argued that the new land policy amounted to nationalization of land in the country, and wondered whether such development strategy was appropriate in the 21st century In light of the foregoing this author examined the impact of the new land policy on development in Nigeria from 1955-1985, using qualitative and quantitative methods. The beginning and end of the study period coincide with the end of the colonial development plans that started in 1946 and ushered in Nigerias independence in 1960, and the end of the fourth national development plan of 1981-1985 under the military government that overthrew the civilian government in 1966, The study in this book is significant because of the importance of land as one of the most important factors of production in any society, others being labor, capital, entrepreneurship, and information resources. The implementation problems associated with the new land use law are highlighted. This author believes, however, that it is necessary that further research should be undertaken continually in the future, especially with a view to examining the effectiveness of the implementation experiences since the promulgation of the land use law in 1978.