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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Prior to the advent of the land use Decree No. 6 of 1978, every community in Nigeria had its rules and regulation guiding the acquisition and use of land and landed properties, which were referred to as customary land laws.
These laws were working as expected and satisfied the aspiration of the members of the various communities which they were applied based on the prevailing situation as at them.
The customary land law was absolutely indigenous, economical as well as been culturally, politically, socially satisfactory and accepted both morally and religiously in the various context it operated. It was purely customary and free from external (foreign) influence, value and judgement.
However, there were different land tenure practices in the northern and southern parts of Nigeria.
Despite the variation in the land tenure system of the northern and southern parts of Nigeria, it was generally believed that land is a free gift of nature of which no one did anything to bring it into being and as such, it was held that land belong to everybody, which could be held by a community, family or an individual.
Land administration under the customary land tenure system was based on the principles of corporate management where the head man, chief or traditional ruler of the community or family exercises the power of control and management of the land on behalf of the members of such family or community and allocate portion(s) in constitution with elders of the family or community.
There were three principal ways of acquiring land then, which were; by waging war against the original occupiers (survival of the fittest); peaceful settlement; and by cultivating the land. A stranger (i.e. one who is not part of the community by kinship) is not entitled to any part of the community or family land unless with the consent of the heads of the community or family (which could be allocated by sale, payment of tribute or free as the community or family may decide). This system of land administration made it difficult for both government and private individuals to acquire land for development and in some cases where possible, compensation demanded was too high to make the intended project viable, similarly, the dynamic economic system coupled with increasing population, industrialization and mass influx of people to urban areas in search of amenities, caused pressure on urban land which led to high demand and scarcity, thus, land prices skyrocketed beyond the affordability of an average Nigerian.
These problems triggered the federal government to instigate the promulgation of the Land Use Act of 1978. The decree was promulgated to eradicate the problems associated with the administration of land in Nigeria which brought about a change presumably for the better in the manner in which land resources are held and used in Nigeria. Thus, being the essence of this research work to examine the sections of the decree responsible for these changes.
1.2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The aim of this study is to examine the land degree No. 6 of March, 1978 as an instrument of land reform in Nigeria.
The objectives to achieve this aim include:
i. Review of relevant literatures on the land use Act of 1978.
ii. Analysis of the changes (reforms) of the Act as against the previous reforms.
iii. Analysis of the problems and prospects of the land use Act in implementation.
iv. Examining whether the land use Act serves as an instrument of land reform in Nigeria.
v. Making appropriate recommendations.
1.3 METHODOLOGY
This method of acquiring information has been classified as secondary method because reference was made to pass through research work text book for the literature review, journals and seminal papers on land use decree use Act of 1978.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
This study is very significant as it forms part of the prerequisite to be fulfilled for the award of Higher National Diploma in Estate Management. It is also to attract the attention of both Real Estate and other related professionals to the operations of the land use Act in order to instigate moves for amendment where necessary for the betterment of Nigerians; and also to serve as a reference to students and interested professionals carrying out further research in the area it covers.
1.5 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS
The study shall focus on the land use Act No. 6 of March, 1978 as an instrument of land reform in Nigeria. However, it is worth of note that a research work of this nature is subject to problem like; insufficient information, time constraint and poor response from some aspects of primary source of data, thus, making the research work unavoidably limited.
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 CONCEPTS OF LAND
Land has various definitions depending on the context in which it is viewed. The meaning given to land is usually determined by the field of specialization defining it with respect to its interest.
The layman will define land as the topmost layer of the earth surface (soil) on which he walks, build, plant and carryout all sorts of physical activities.
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