DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2015.txfk1ghj ISSN: 3043-6958
THE LAND USE ACT AND THE CHALLENGES OF RESTRAINTS IN TRANSFER OF LAND RIGHTS
L.O. OGIJIThis article discusses restraint of land alienation through the requirement of consent in the Land Use Act. It identifies the attendant delays, exorbitant consent fees and other prohibitive land charges levied on applicants as major drawbacks to development in Nigeria. These create fears in the minds of many Nigerians that they may be rendered homeless in the nearest future as efforts by estate developers to house these hopeless Nigerians are being frustrated by the unrealistic requirements.