Urban land management : the need for innovative approaches to land registration system in Nigeria
Nuhu, Muhammad Bashar
Virtually all human activities require land. But, because of the diverse needs of different human activities with respect to location and quantity of land, there is often an intense competition for land, which is limited as a result of unprecedented urbanization in our cities. This often leads to disputes and conflicts in the management and use of land, particularly with respect to customary land. And, central to these disputes and conflicts is the issue of security of tenure; which does not only include tenure issues as the way in which rights, restrictions and responsibilities that people have with respect to land are held, but, also demands an enabling land administration as the process of determining, recording and disseminating information about tenure, value and use. Against this background, this paper discusses the key driven approaches to efficient land registration, and advocated the need for computerization of the process in the country, in addition to incorporating the norms of good urban governance aimed at improving upon land management system. A number of alternative land policy measures in Nigeria have been suggested; ranging from cadastral survey, land use zoning concept, removal of the LUA from the Constitution to land taxation. Also to combat corruption, gender imbalance, neglect of the infected HIV/AIDS members of the society in access to land and land registration process, in the land sector, must be accorded global attention.
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