According
to Olawoye he defined the land tenure system in Nigeria to mean “the body of
rules which govern the access to land and the relationship between the holder
of the land and community on the other hand or between the holder and another
party” [1][1]
In
the opining of P .A. O Oluyede define the term to mean the principle that
protect the right to enter or hold a land to the community [1][2]
In
the land use Act it was defined that land tenure is the method and mode of
holding or occupying a land [1][3]
Prof.
J .N. Egwummuo opined that land tenure is the manner in which the law permits a
person to hold land[1][4]
Land
tenure means the determine that individual do not owns all land but hold the
land for the crown [1][5].
Land
tenure system in Nigeria has been described as those systems which represent
the relationship of man in society to land even though actual patterns may
differ from community to community but there are certain uniformities of type
in relations involved which make it possible to apply a common scheme of
analysis [1][6].
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Land Tenure System in the Northern Nigeria
In
the northern Nigeria in particular before the land use Act, 1978 all land in
the region with only minors exceptions, were declared native lands and were
vested in the commissioner responsible for land matters as trustee for the
people of that region[1][1]
.Under section 4[1][2]
and 5[1][3]
citizens are entitled to statutory or customary right of occupancy in such
land. The discussion in form of limitation apply to land covered by section 48[1][4]
and 49[1][5]
of the land tenure law 1962[1][6].
Land Tenure in Western Nigeria
In
western Nigeria, it is not necessary to employ words of limitation to create an
interest in land because the property and conveyance law, cap. 100, law of the
western Nigeria, 1959 made provision for that[1][7]
Section 85 (1)[1][8]
provides “Any conveyance of free hold to any person without words of limitation or any equitant
expression, shall pass to the grantee the fee simple, or other, the whole
interest which the grantor had power to convey in such land, unless a contrary
intention appears in the conveyance.
Land Tenure System Southern Nigeria
In
Northern Nigeria, Fulani conquered most of their land in early 1800s
and brought a change in land tenure in areas under Fulani control. The
conquerors bestowed fiefs on certain individuals, who sometimes appointed
overseers with power to allocate unused land without regard for local community
interests [1][9]
One
result was a growing number of grants to strangers during the nineteenth
century because overseers sought to increase the revenue from their landlord’s
holding. This practice gradually reduced the extents of bush land and
encouraged the migration of farmers to urban areas that began toward the end of
the nineteenth century [1][10]
In
the same south colonial authorities introduced the concepts of individual
ownership of property and authorized the legal conveyance of land that could be registered with the
government, various laws was made and ordinances which gave government the
power to expropriate statutory land
holdings in return for compensation,
Expansion of the money economy
and the resulting emphasis on commercial crops encouraged framers to seek private
ownership of land, nonetheless, customary tenure remained the principals form
of land holding in south in1970s, individuals and business enter
prizes drove up land prices, especially in newly urbanized areas, by investing
heavily in real estate them in real estate.
In
south customary owners turned from land sales to more profitable high rent
leasing arrangement [1][11].
Land
Tenure System in Eastern Nigeria.
Land
in eastern Nigeria was more of communal, individual and public ownership while
the communal land tenure systems continue to move towards individual land
ownership owing to strong population pressure [1][12]
The land use decree represents an attempt on the part of the
government of Nigeria to modify land tenure in rural areas; the land use Decree
has produced a number of unforeseen results. This article compares the
performance of the communal, individual and public land tenure systems.
Large-scale capital intensive agricultural production is usually restricted to
communal tenure because of the difficulties of acquiring a sufficiently large
are under private ownership. However, the proportion of land under public
tenure remains relatively low in eastern Nigeria, despite the land decree. It
is argued that the trend towards private ownership of communal land should be
recognized and that the process of administrative allocation of public land
should be abandoned [1][13]