QD Land Registration ian Ree involves two systems which are Deed Recording and Title ‘The land registration proces helps to give publicity £0 Registration of the ownership. Deed recording system land transactions, ison the land, and to establish Pri 10 prevent any form of concealed that a claimed interest already exist jority against any subsequent claim to the same interest. The end benefit of this system ation of the ownership or legal interest in & land. dealings; While Title Registration is an authentic interest. When the land is This system simply confirms transactions that confer ‘ownership 0 registered in the register, it serves aS conclusive proof of title. sce dina eon pave espion weeensn AE FPG SITINON of Land registration issues are mi ing the land. A multi-stage sampling ‘most government owned estates are done when allocatit .m sampling technique was used for the estates technique was used, and the stratified randor then the Simple random sampling techni ‘esearch carried out, the findings showed that selected within Akure south, que was used to obtain the respondents within the respective estates. From the many land owners are aware of the implication of not registering their land, and they wish to ated, stressful and register their land but they feel the process of registration is too complic expensive, some don’t even know how to properly get their land registered and they end up getting duped by fraudsters, while a few of them fear that their land might be revoked if they go back to government for registration. “The Solutions proposed to thesechallenges isto first create awareness on how to properly get a rand registered, and also make land owners know the importance and benefit of registering, creating a stronger data base that would replace the old pen and paper style which is long oa Scanned with CamScannerUtdated, introducing the Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) which would help ‘© capture and store data of land owners effectively, reduce the time frame used in carrying out the registration process to make it less stressful and discouraging, lastly to subsidize the Tepistration fee forthe fist set of people who come to register after the awareness is made. Land use act 1978 Im colonial Nigeria, there were different land tenure systems for the northern and southern parts fF the country. Inthe south, the land was deemed to be owned by families and communities (villages, towns), Where individuals exercised control over land it was by virtue of their belonging to the land-owning families and communities. The only land that was excluded from this arrangement was that which had purposely been designated public land by the British Crown. The Land Use Act, enacted in 1978, was meant to standardise land administration systems across the country. It vested all urban land within a state in the state governor, and all non-urban land in the local governments in which they are found, (There are currently 36 states in Nigeria, and 774 Tocal government areas.) The state governor and local govemment authorities are empowered by the Act to grant “statutory rights of occupancy”, ‘The Act also provided for the establishment of land use and allocation committees to advise state Sovemor, sod land allocation ntvisory cetimitees to advise lacel yovediens. Excluded from the contol of state and local governments are all lands designated to be federal ~ for example land occupied by federal agencies and departments, Scanned with CamScanneroo sample Quarters , Q 1} = What mix of tand systems is there in Nigeria? governs land use and administration in Nigeria, and is Th 1978 the Land Use Act - which ystems, and provided for 8 included in the Constitution - abolished all existing freehold s imum period nationwide leasehold system. The leases are typically granted for 99 years, the maximum peri stipulated by the Act Qg- What share of Nigerians have a formal certificate of occupation? Less than 39% of Nigeria's land is thought to be formally repistered with federal, state or Tocal authorities. Z Q3 + Which laws and policies govern land administration? There are multiple laws governing land administration in Nigeria. These laws vary from state to state, Most states have enacted laws providing for the establishment of a state land registry. In January 2015, Lagos state governor Tunde Fashola signed an executive order to consolidate the state’s various laws into a single overriding piece of legislation. The laws that gover land administration in Nigeria include the following: eS Scanned with CamScanner( - band Use Act of 1978 _ Registration of Titles Law (Lag0s State, 2008) 22, band instrament Registration Law (1925) 4 , The Registration of Titles Law S&S: - Registered Land Act of 1965 (Replaced the 1925 law in Lagos State) G Property and Conveyancing Law (1884) 7 |, Land Use Charge Law (Lagos state) @- Urban and Regional Planning Land Law (Decree 88) of 1992. Q ie is urban land secured in Nigeria? ‘Through certificates of occupancy, which are instruments of ttle issued by state governors and san local government chairpersons, as evidence thatthe state has conferred on the holder of th er of the it Scanned with CamScannerCertificate the statutory right to occupy the land for a defined period of time (99 years in most cases). These certificates are the highest level of land security certification in Nigeria. Through deeds of assignment: A deed of assignment outlines the agreement between the person with the rights to a piece of land and the person to whom the rights are being transferred, It contains, among other things, a detailed description of the land (including its ownership history), the agreed cost, and the date from which transfer takes effect. Q )_& How is rural land secured in Nigeria? The same as with urban land, & 1, Which governmental organisations are responsible for land registration and administration? Land use and allocation committees (to advise state governors regarding urban land), Land allocation advisory committees (to advise local governments regarding non-urban land), Federal and state deed registries, Scanned with CamScannerThat are the rules for transfer and succession? OP i the courts, Testate These depend on whether the person died with or without a will recognised by the a are governed by the English Wills Act successions in most of northern and eastern (1837), and an amended version from 1867. In southwestem Nigeria, there’s a Wills legislation, Will Law Cap 133, enacted in 1959 and that still holds sway today (with exceptions in some states that have drawn up their own laws ~ which are typically adaptations of existing laws). Inheritance rights in Nigeria for intestate circumstances (which applies in the majority of cases in Nigeria) are primarily guided by native and customary laws (with variations across ethnic groups) and religious laws (sharia law, based on the Koran). For example, sharia laws, applicable across the 19 northern states, stipulate that female children get half of what males get, and that children who are non-Muslims lose their inheritance rights. Scanned with CamScanner