Landholders’ Involvement in the Compulsory Acquisition of Land and Compensation Process in Bauchi, Nigeria

Muhammad Usman Adekunle,Maryam Salihu Muhammad,Mathew Oyewole Oluwole,Hadiza Tijjani Bello,Ibrahim Idris

doi:10.22178/pos.50-2

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Abstract

This study aims to assess landholder’s involvement in the compulsory acquisition of land on their satisfaction with the compensation process in Bauchi, Nigeria, to identify areas of weakness in the process and propose areas of improvement. The study adopted the use of a quantitative approach and data were collected through a questionnaire survey from 327 landholders affected by the compulsory acquisition and compensation exercise by the Bauchi State Government. The data collected were subjected to descriptive with mean ranking, frequency distribution. The study revealed that before the process of compulsory acquisition landholders were very well involved, during the process of compulsory acquisition they were also involved but at the compensation process, they were not involved at all. It recommended that Landholders should be involved not only in the process of compulsory acquisition but they should be involved in the process of compensation as it will minimize resistance to compulsory.

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Compulsory land acquisition in common law is an inherent power of government to seize private interest in land and landed property, expropriate property without the willingness/consent of the affected landholders [15]
The property compulsorily acquired is usually taken for government use or by delegation to third parties who will in order utilize it for public use in some cases for economic development [8].In Nigeria, compulsory land acquisition is backed by section 28 of the Land Use Act of 1978 and the Land Use Act Cap L5, Laws of Federal Republic of Nigeria (LFN) 2004, which is the principal legislation guiding compulsory acquisition of land
The aim of the research to determining Landholders' involvement in the compulsory acquisition of land and compensation process in the study area was analysis using Likert scale level 1 – 5 stressing on various variables of landholders' involvement which are found in related literature

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Compulsory land acquisition in common law is an inherent power of government to seize private interest in land and landed property, expropriate property without the willingness/consent of the affected landholders [15]. The property compulsorily acquired is usually taken for government use or by delegation to third parties who will in order utilize it for public use in some cases for economic development [8].In Nigeria, compulsory land acquisition is backed by section 28 of the Land Use Act of 1978 and the Land Use Act Cap L5, Laws of Federal Republic of Nigeria (LFN) 2004, which is the principal legislation guiding compulsory acquisition of land. It provides compulsory acquisition of land by government for overriding public interest

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