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    An in-depth analysis of the laws and practices related to land expropriation for the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos, Nigeria

    Conference Papers & Reports
    September, 2017
    Africa, Nigeria

    This article was submitted for the UN Economic Commission for Africa “2017 Conference on Land Policy in Africa” Nov. 14-17 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

    This article sheds light on a series of events that triggered escalating tensions over land and resources in the coastal communities of Lagos, Nigeria. This article provides an in-depth analysis of Nigeria’s laws on expropriation and the processes of acquiring land and compensating landholders in the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) case. Specifically, the analysis addresses the following research questions:

  2. Library Resource

    An In-Depth Analysis of the Laws and Practices Related to Land Expropriation for the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos

    Peer-reviewed publication
    February, 2018
    Africa, Nigeria, Global

    In Nigeria, the recurring impoverishment and other negative socioeconomic impacts endured by landholders affected by expropriation are well-documented and call into question the Land Use Act’s (LUA) effectiveness in protecting local land rights. The World Bank’s Land Governance Assessment Framework found that, in Nigeria, “a large number of acquisitions occurs without prompt and adequate compensation, thus leaving those losing land worse off, with no mechanism for independent appeal even though the land is often not utilized for a public purpose”.

  3. Library Resource
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    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2013
    Nigeria

    The right to Compensation for the compulsory acquisition of real property is constitutional and most enabling laws prescribe valuation methods to be adopted in determining the compensation payable. This paper aims at ascertaining the implications of the constitutional provisions and its impact on the compensation payable. It reviews some legislation, prescribed compensation rates and a valuation report on the Obite- Ubeta- Rumuekpe (OUR) pipeline acquisition and analyses the valuation method used.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2010
    Nigeria

    The paper presents and discusses the fact that when land is acquired, compensation paid and resettlement done, the communities still go ahead and put constraints before the Government for the purposes of hindering the development. Citing of projects for economic development is a major problem for developing economies because of the agitation of the land “owners”despite an existing good land tenure system.

    The paper stressed the fact that one general law may not be sufficient for Government to process land for development purposes because of the communities’ agitation

  5. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Nigeria

    The scope and urgency of the threats to
    Nigeria's rural land are no secret. In 2005, a working
    group dedicated to formulating a national agricultural land
    policy began the process with a comprehensive articulation
    of the challenges facing Nigeria's agricultural land.
    The litany included recognition that: 1) agricultural land
    use in the country has been unsustainable, resulting in no
    fewer than eleven types of extensive land degradation and

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Nigeria

    When it comes to strategy, the Chinese
    have a saying: 'think big, start small, but move
    fast.' This has been our guiding philosophy for the
    pilot land reforms of the World Bank-Department of
    International Development (DFID) sub national Investment
    Climate Program (ICP) in Nigeria. The challenge was to find
    a 'small' reform entry point from which to
    'move fast' on this sensitive and difficult topic,

  7. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    August, 2018
    Latvia, Nigeria

    Rural households are displaced from their lands without any plan in place to resettle or compensate them, for a promise of improvement in their living standards. This has not only resulted in a decline in the living standard of the rural populace, in terms of loss of land and livelihoods, the poor are also further marginalized and impoverished. This study examines the welfare implication of domestic land grabs among rural households in Delta State, Nigeria, employing primary data obtained from one hundred and seventy-three representative farming households.

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