If anyone knows anything about this law, this has been the main source of our problem within the Niger Delta. This act was meant to make alienation of land easy for oil proprietors.

Prior to 1978, the relationship between the indigenous owners of the land where oil was found and the oil companies was direct in that the oil companies rented or purchased the land from the owners and were legally bound to pay compensation the owners for any changes, such as destruction of property, crops, made to the land.

The 1978 Nigerian Land Use Act empowered the federal government to declare any land public domain, designated as such for the purpose of promoting the public interest.

This is the source of our problem. Let us discuss this.

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I think the nigerian government have bastardize the legal system for there selfish gain

this people have altered the law to suit there evil plan of them turning private lands to government owned land

Of course it is for their own selfish gain. I have no problem with oil companies working in our land, but it should be between the indigenous owners of the land and the oil companies. Not the government. They should have the ability to levy taxes, but anything other than that should be left to the owners of the land. That is my main problem.

Resource control will solve Nigeria's problems. A government that continues to rely on oil is only hurting itself. We focus on one industry without focusing on others. That is complete nonsense.

Omenani:

Of course it is for their own selfish gain. I have no problem with oil companies working in our land, but it should be between the indigenous owners of the land and the oil companies. Not the government. They should have the ability to levy taxes, but anything other than that should be left to the owners of the land. That is my main problem.

Resource control will solve Nigeria's problems. A government that continues to rely on oil is only hurting itself. We focus on one industry without focusing on others. That is complete nonsense.

i think the government should at least give some form of compensation to the community and the individual whose land is used by the oil company.
until we learn to respect communities that generate most of our wealth, then were are bound to receive some form of reaction (mend).

so i think that law has to be reviewed.

jason12345:

i think the government should at least give some form of compensation to the community and the individual whose land is used by the oil company.
until we learn to respect communities that generate most of our wealth, then were are bound to receive some form of reaction (mend).

so i think that law has to be reviewed.

This should not be reviewed. It should be thrown out. I am a fiscal federalist first and foremost. Wherever the natural resource is found, oil, natural gas or coal, companies should deal with the people who is control of the land.

The insurgency can end in a minute if fiscal federalism is given to the people of the Niger Delta and Nigeria in general.

i think u are right, but wealth would not be distributed equally in the country

secondly, there would be fight over "who owns the land" even ondo state, ijaws would say it is there land yorubas would say no,,,,,,,,,,,,also interfamily and interclan fight would occur because of peoples greed

alj harem:

i think u are right, but wealth would not be distributed equally in the country

secondly, there would be fight over "who owns the land" even ondo state, ijaws would say it is there land yorubas would say no,,,,,,,,,,,,also interfamily and interclan fight would occur because of peoples greed

There is a clear distinction on who owns the land. If your forefathers were on that land, even before the presence of oil was even known, then it should be declared your land. Oil is not everything. Each region needs to develop their own comparative advantage. One industry that needs to be focused on in Nigeria is our agricultural industry. Currently, 80% of Nigeria's GDP is derived from selling oil. Such an over reliance on oil is quite damaging. We have nothing to show for this reliance on oil either.

Omenani:

There is a clear distinction on who owns the land. If your forefathers were on that land, even before the presence of oil was even known, then it should be declared your land. Oil is not everything. Each region needs to develop their own comparative advantage. One industry that needs to be focused on in Nigeria is our agricultural industry. Currently, 80% of Nigeria's GDP is derived from selling oil. Such an over reliance on oil is quite damaging. We have nothing to show for this reliance on oil either.

i support that.

so what do you think? federalism?

jason12345:

i support that.

so what do you think? federalism?

Fiscal Federalism to start. Political federalism can come later.

Omenani:

There is a clear distinction on who owns the land. If your forefathers were on that land, even before the presence of oil was even known, then it should be declared your land. Oil is not everything. Each region needs to develop their own comparative advantage. One industry that needs to be focused on in Nigeria is our agricultural industry. Currently, 80% of Nigeria's GDP is derived from selling oil. S[b]uch an over reliance on oil  is quite damaging[/b]. We have nothing to show for this reliance on oil either.

it is very damaging , u are right

but, the agricultural sector in nigeria can only work well(large scale farming) in the north because of the large expanse of land and fewer people are in the north(not kano or sokoto) but the south has a high population density and smaller expanse of land.

all this odds are against us because even in the north, only certain type of crops can be grown there  eg example of a cash crop that cannot be grown in the north    cocoa plant,,,,,,tobacco plant etc

but only if we can educate the people both in the north and south to work together in perfect harmony can we achieve agricultural standard up to brazil and co

i think we should find a way of producing more megawatt of electricity and selling it to neighbouring countries as a form of export to africa,,,,,,,,,i think that would make us more money


also, we can be renting skilled labourers like what the british do but it would be in africa at competitive prices (population of nigeria)

That is why we need to use all of our regions equally. You say cash crops cannot be grown in the North, but we still need food crops grown to feed our growing population. Cash crops can be grown in the southeast in and southwest. All regions need to bring to something to the table.

Omenani:

This should not be reviewed. It should be thrown out. I am a fiscal federalist first and foremost. Wherever the natural resource is found, oil, natural gas or coal, companies should deal with the people who is control of the land.

+1. The owners of the land should own the resources that come from it, not the federal gov't.

Omenani:

That is why we need to use all of our regions equally. You say cash crops cannot be grown in the North, but we still need food crops grown to feed our growing population. Cash crops can be grown in the southeast in and southwest.All regions need to bring to something to the table.

It simply means that oil has caused more troubles for us than blessings.Gone are the days when each region had something to offer.
cocoa that proved to be a major source off foreign exchange has dwindle sharply due to neglect by government .ivory coast and ghana which Nigeria used to compete with back in the days in the exporatation of the cash crop are still dominating in the exportation of cocoa.
honestly,i don' t think the federal government would do anything detrimental to its interest as per this land use Act since it will only make the FG subservient to the inhabitants of those land.

The land use and petroleum acts have served as vehicles to steal the land, rivers, streams, dignity, humanity and income of the Niger Delta.
The lands and water ways are siezed by government fiat and then polluted without a care in the World. It is a level of wickedness that is mind boggling and totally shocking in the way it is perpetrated by citizens of the same country on others.

It is a very serious human rights issue that will one day consume this country if equity and compensation are not provided.

Beaf:

The land use and petroleum acts have served as vehicles to steal the land, rivers, streams, dignity, humanity and income of the Niger Delta.
The lands and water ways are siezed by government fiat and then polluted without a care in the World. It is a level of wickedness that is mind boggling and totally shocking in the way it is perpetrated by citizens of the same country on others.

It is a very serious human rights issue that will one day consume this country if equity and compensation are not provided.

Honestly, not only does it weaken the Delta, but it weakens the remaining states. Imagine how much more progressive and innovative we would HAVE to be without oil. Would bad roads and inconsistent power be even an option? Or lack of investment in agriculture, manufacturing, business? I truly believe that Nigeria would be better off w/o oil. Unfortunately, most do not see it the same way I do.

i cant recall the hat wearing president ever mentioning anything to do with a review in all his campaign, just empty promise

You may want to see the advantages and disadvantages of the land use act of Nigeria

Are you serious at all?

Omenani:


There is a clear distinction on who owns the land. If your forefathers were on that land, even before the presence of oil was even known, then it should be declared your land. Oil is not everything. Each region needs to develop their own comparative advantage. One industry that needs to be focused on in Nigeria is our agricultural industry. Currently, 80% of Nigeria's GDP is derived from selling oil. Such an over reliance on oil is quite damaging. We have nothing to show for this reliance on oil either.

The Land Use Act is the greatest disservice that the OBJ administration bestowed to Nigeria in 1978. But what annoys me even more is the fact that our current set of lawmakers since 1999 have not found it expedient to expunge such ridiculous Act.
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But that is just one of the problems. The bigger problem is that the FG arrogates to itself so much rights and responsibilities under the EXCLUSIVE LIST. Why should the FG be in control of POWER distribution? Why must they control all our water ways in the states? No state (even with capacity) can develop sea ports without recourse to the FG.
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The responsibilities on the FG is overwhelming, which explains why our development is slow. We can blame the states all we like, but until the FG removes its hand from controlling resources domiciled in the States, we will b running in circles.

Thanks for the update on land use act

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Bevista:
The Land Use Act is the greatest disservice that the OBJ administration bestowed to Nigeria in 1978. But what annoys me even more is the fact that our current set of lawmakers since 1999 have not found it expedient to expunge such ridiculous Act.
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But that is just one of the problems. The bigger problem is that the FG arrogates to itself so much rights and responsibilities under the EXCLUSIVE LIST. Why should the FG be in control of POWER distribution? Why must they control all our water ways in the states? No state (even with capacity) can develop sea ports without recourse to the FG.
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The responsibilities on the FG is overwhelming, which explains why our development is slow. We can blame the states all we like, but until the FG removes its hand from controlling resources domiciled in the States, we will b running in circles.

This has always been my view. but some people dont see it that way. nice one.

ABSTRACT (Land Use Act, 1978 – An Appraisal)

Land is seen as the free gift of God to humanity. It is aptly described to include land of any tenure and tenements, hereditaments- corporeal and incorporeal including minerals, tree, easements, profits and rent charges. This work is going to explore the legal and ordinary preview of land as well as appraise some provision of the law use Act, 1978.

The primary legislation governing land use in Nigeria. To this end, it will try to reveal some of the gaps in the Act and how it has engineered limited wealth creation to Nigerians and Nigeria alike. This work is opposite at this material time considering the dwindling Nigeria economy during to the fail in oil price at the international market and being that oil is the only major export commodity in Nigeria as well as her major foreign exchange earner.

Hence, the country is faced with the challenge of economic diversification, considering that she is blessed with huge mineral resources and human capital. Therefore, the major question to be resolved in this work is, to what extent can land law be positioned to enhance the diversification of Nigeria’s economy in the face of the prominent roles that land can play?

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