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Appraising Land Accessibility Under Land Use Act (l.u.a.)
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1.6 Scope of the Study
In
scope, the study covers the accessibility of land in Lagos. Under the
Land Use Act, the study is designed such that it identifies the land in
Lagos, examine the Land Use Act, examine land accessibility in Lagos
before the land use Act, appraise land accessibility in Lagos under the
Land Use Act, analyse land accessibility in Lagos under the act through
structured questionnaires and make conclusions and recommendation from
the analyzed questionnaires. However, the research covers both the
Island and Mainland of the state.
1.7 Definition of Terms
Access
to urban Land: This refers to the ability to procure and possess any
developable plot within an urban area. In the content of this study, it
covers the period of scouting for the land, payment, conveyance and
registration, before development is expected to commence. This is the
stage when your right to land is secured and unchallenged. However, such
land to be accessed must be available, affordable with well secure
tenure which can also be transferred easily.
Certificate of
Occupancy (C of O): This is a certificate issued by the governor of a
state in Nigeria certifying the previous grant of statutory rights of
occupancy usually through a letter of allocation/offer. As stipulated in
(section 5(1) of the LUA, 1978). Or certifying the deemed grant of
statutory right of occupancy under section 9. So as to exclude the local
government declared all lands in the state as urban land.
Land: land
is defined as the earth’s surface extending downward to the centre of
the earth and upward to infinity, including those things permanently
attached by nature, such as trees, water etc.
Land Use Act (L.U.A):
The Land Use Act is a law promulgated in 1978 by the military government
under General Olusegun Obasanjo to unify the land tenure systems of the
country. It was promulgated as Land Use Decree No. 6 of 1978 with
effect from 29 March 1978.
Land Use and Advisory Committee: This is a
body established for each Local Government by the Act and shall have
responsibility for advising the Local Government on any matter connected
with the management of land within the area of jurisdiction of which
the land is situated.
Land use Allocation Committee: This is a
committee set up under section 2 of the land use Act to advice the
governor on any matter connected with the management of urban land
within the state.
Ratification Process: This is a special form of
state allocation process. It is a process whereby government condones
the illegality of certain squatters on government acquired lands. Such
condonement can only be granted if such developed lands are not within
government’s committed scheme, under high-tension power lines, within
way of public infrastructure and utilities, and where the buildings and
layouts do not contravene government regulations.
1.8 Plan of the Study
The
study is organized into five main chapters. Chapter one presented the
overview of the study. Chapter two would focus on review of relevant
literature to the research. Chapter three would present the research
method needed to achieve the aim and objectives of the study. Chapter
four would report the empirical results and discuss the findings while
chapter five would conclude the study and recommend solutions to the
findings.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study appraised land accessibility under the Land Use Act. The case study area for this research has been Lagos state with special attention paid to the following local government areas in the state, namely: Lagos-Island local government, Apapa local government, Mushin Local Government, and Ikeja local government.A total of 80 questionnaires were administered with 20 being given to each local government and a total of 65 questionnaires were retrieved. The procedure for simple random selecti ... Continue reading---
