EFFECT OF LAND USE ACT ON PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
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EFFECT OF LAND USE ACT ON PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Chapter one
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
The Land Use Decree No. 6 of 1978, also known as the Land Use Act, was promulgated on March 29, 1978, which was the effective date of its implementation in Nigeria.
It is a statutory approach or device used by the federal government to consolidate and harmonise the various tenures existing in the country prior to promulgation. It aims to protect all Nigerians’ rights so that they can provide for themselves and their families.
It ended the age-old tradition of private land ownership in the south and established a uniform system of land tenure across the country.
Land tenure under this dispensation means that one cannot have an interest in land beyond the terms granted by the statute (typically 99 years), and such interest is renewable upon expiration.
The act vests all land within each state’s territory (except land vested in the Federal Government for its agencies) solely in the hands of the state’s military governors, who will hold such land in trust for the people.
This Act was enacted due to two main factors: the diversity of customary land tenure laws and the difficulty of applying them across different peoples.
The second factor was the widespread practice in southern Nigeria of fraudulent land sales. The same land would be sold to multiple people at the same time, resulting in numerous lawsuits.
Land, the most universal, most valuable, and probably the most contentious asset, the one and only foundation of all human activities, necessitates a planned system of holding, control, and regulations to prevent misuse and abuse of its rights.
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