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THE EFFECTS
OF LAND USE ACT ON SUSTAINABLE HOUSING PROVISION IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Land use
regulations and controls are used to restrict the rights of private land
holders in the use of land. The regulations are used to protect public interest
in the use of private land. The regulations stem from the need to provide
public amenities, to increase the efficiency of land-use, to limit urban sprawl
and unnecessary encroachment on agricultural land, and to achieve economies of
scale and least-cost production of public services (Courtney, 1983). The
regulations are also used to ensure the availability of land to all groups, and
to ensure that the benefits of development go to the community as a whole.
Today, if
you buy land in Nigeria and you do not have the Certificate of Occupancy (C of
O) from the government, it is not yours, all you have is a lease, that is, you
never have a freehold. You cannot even have access to any loan or do anything
tangible if you do not have fund of your own, not even the National Housing
Fund which was set up by the government to render such assistance. Yet the Certificate
of Occupancy is even more difficult than getting the land itself. All efforts
by some State Governments especially the Lagos State government to ease the
procedure and collection have been described as mere gimmicks. We have heard
series of cases where Governors wield their powers to revoke legally acquired
rights of occupancy in the interest of the public, whereas it was obvious that
they were done on political reasons especially against oppositions. The former
President of the federation who was the author of the Act when it was
promulgated during his first military administration had to reassure Nigerians
on 26th of September 2001 in Abuja that “no government owns land” and that
“land belongs to the people”. This statement was made when he was condemning
the excesses of the Governors. As stated above, since it is a known philosophy
that laws are made by men for men and are operated, implemented and enforced by
human beings through various legal institutions, our concern is how the Act has
affected sustainable housing development schemes in Nigeria.
Several
controversies that were created by the Act have been well documented in
different reactions and write-ups (Mabogunje (2007; 2011) and Aluko (2007;
2009; 2010) dealt excessively on the gory state of affairs about the housing
situations in Nigeria in general and how it could be sustained. In this
research study, we try to examine the effects that the Land Use Act has had on
sustainable housing provision in Nigeria. Since one of the major areas of the
Act is to control future uses and open new land for the needs of Nigeria’s
growing population especially in urban areas, yet there is still the outcry of
the people to affordable housing provision. In Lagos State for example, the
municipalities (local governments) have no say in the issue of Certificate of
Occupancy as all lands in the State has been declared urban and are all under
the control of the governor. Whereas in the commencement of the Land Use Act
1978 No. 6 on 29th March, 1978, it was stated that “whereas it is in the public
interest that the rights of all Nigerians to the land of Nigeria be asserted
and preserved by law”. And that all lands comprised in the territory of each
State in the Federation are hereby vested in the Governor of the Stat. The Act
also provides that “all land in urban areas shall be under the control and
management of the Governor of each State”.
1.2
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The concern
of the researcher in this study is not really another criticism of the Act but
an in-depth evaluation of how it has achieved its aim in the mass provision of
housing to the people. However the hope of the Nigerian masses lies in the Act
with the current wave of high cost of acquisition of land. It should be noted
that one of the cogent reasons why the Act came into existence was because of
the nature of trusteeship of land in the past. It was difficult for anyone to
get access to land. It is important for the researcher to examine if the Act
has made it easy for Nigerians to get land for housing development. Ownership
of a house starts from the acquisition of a piece of land. That is to say the
intending house owner must first of all have access to land. In urban areas
access to land is not quite easy and that is why one of the objectives of the
Land Use Act is to ensure that land is made available promptly to all those who
need it in the interest of the economy. Having regards to the fact that housing
is one of the best indicators of a person’s standard of living and of his place
in the society, it also serves as a place in which man seeks shelter, comfort,
security and dignity among other things, it is important to examine the effect
of Land use Act of sustainable housing development in Nigeria.
1.3
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The
following are the objectives of this study:
1. To
examine the effect of land use acts on sustainable housing development in
Nigeria.
2. To
investigate the influence of land use act on ease of land access by Nigerians.
3. To
identify the factors limiting sustainable housing development in Nigeria.
1.4 RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
1. What is
the effect of land use acts on sustainable housing development in Nigeria?
2. What is
the influence of land use act on ease of land access by Nigerians?
3. What are
the factors limiting sustainable housing development in Nigeria?
1.5
HYPOTHESIS
HO: Land use
act has no significant effect on sustainable housing development in Nigeria
HA: Land use
act has significant effect on sustainable housing development in Nigeria
1.6
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
following are the significance of this study:
1. Findings
from this study will educate the general public, government, students on the
state of housing development in Nigeria and also enlighten them on land use act
and its impact on sustainable housing development in Nigeria.
2. This
research will also serve as a resource base to other scholars and researchers
interested in carrying out further research in this field subsequently, if
applied, it will go to an extent to provide new explanation to the topic.
1.7
SCOPE/LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This study
on the effect of land use act on sustainable housing development in Nigeria will
cover all the existing housing development and schemes by government and how
the land use act has affected the ownership of land for housing development.
1.8
LIMITATION OF STUDY
Financial
constraint– Insufficient fund tends to impede the efficiency of the researcher
in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or information and in the
process of data collection (internet, questionnaire and interview).
Time
constraint– The researcher will simultaneously engage in this study with other
academic work. This consequently will cut down on the time devoted for the
research work.
1.9
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Housing:
houses and flats considered collectively.
Land: the
part of the earth’s surface that is not covered by water.
Development:
an event constituting a new stage in a changing situation.
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Aluko, Ola.
(2007). Renal Sub-sector and Housing Delivery System in Nigeria a paper
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between (July 30-31).
Aluko, Ola.
(2009). The role of the professionals in the built environment, in Aluko, Ola
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Aluko, Ola.
(2010). Housing Provision and Development in Nigeria: The Dashed Hope of the
poor, paper presented at the National Conference and Exhibition on Challenges
of Sheller and Environment for Nigeria in the coming Decades (CEENACON)
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Courtney, N.
(1983). Cases and Materials on Nigerian Land Law (pp. 1 – 49). Mabochi Books.
Mabogunje A.
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Mabogunje,
Akin L. (2011). Promoting Good Governance: What Can We, The People, Do? Paper
presented at 4th Anniversary Public Lecture of the splash 105.5 FM, Ibadan on
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