The lua has done away with the various state land laws governing land tenure system in the country. The aim of the study is to make a case for an urban land use policy as the basic framework for achieving. Land acquisition and use remain a critical issue of great policy relevance in developing countries such as nigeria. The latest edition is available free of charge from the distribution unit, office of the publisher, department. Aina eoa 1989 new direction for sustainable development in nigeria. Introductionhistorical evolution of land law in nigeria.
Pdf process of urban land use in nigeria researchgate. Furthermore, islamic land tenure law does not recognize landholding free of taxes. Pdf this paper focuses on the process of land use change in nigeria. The challenges of sustainable land use planning in nigerian cities. Pdf land policy and land delivery system in nigeria. Pdf land policy determines the structure and complexion of land ownership, development and use in any society. Land policies and management in nigeria preceding independence in 1960 had regional. Subsequent developments on land management in nigeria led to the modification of the northern nigeria land tenure law of 1962, into the land use act of 1978. A paper delivered at the international workshop on the. Land administration service delivery and its challenges in nigeria. Special focus land use in nigeria prior to the land use decree of 1978, the nigerian land tenure system had become the object of intense attack and defence by vested interests promoting their views on changes in the tenure system which would best increase food and fibre production.
Transportation systems and land use are interdependent. Land governance and megacity projects in lagos, nigeria. According to bailey, mokhtarian, and littlel 2008, transportation route is part of distinct development pattern or road. Indeed findings of earlier studies indicate compelling and consistent connections amongst them ewing and cervero, 2001. Land use policy is an international and interdisciplinary journal concerned with the social. Bissau, liberia, mali, niger, nigeria, senegal, sierra leone and togo as per resolution cmres. This dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the iowa state. Mendeley data repository is freetouse and open access. Section enjoins all organs of government and all authorities in nigeria. Extreme inefficiencies as in india, partiality as in nigeria. Prior to the enactment of the land use act, it had frequently been stated that private individuals and the government increasingly faced difficulties in acquiring land for development purposes. On 29 march 1978 the federal military government of nigeria promulgated the land use decree which, with immediate effect. Improving land use in nigeria through removing defects in land.
Olusola atilola, nigeria land administration reform in nigerian fig congress 2010 facing the challenges building the capacity sydney, australia, 1116 april 2010 316 land administration reform in nigerian. National open university of new english file advanced pdf free download nigeria. This paper examines the process of public land acquisition in oyo state. The latest edition is available free of charge from the distribution unit, office of the publisher.
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