Forty years after it was promulgated to ease access to land and boost housing provision in the country, the clamor for a review of the Land Use Act (alternatively known as Decree 6, of 1978) is yet to abate, as experts last week reiterated its call for a speedy.....

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) yesterday sought the amendment of the Land Use Act.

It is vital to note that even as we grapple with our huge housing deficit, the development of a virile mortgage sector is essential to addressing the deficit.

A constitutional amendment is in the works at the National Assembly to repeal the 1978 Land Use Act in order to remove contentious areas. It is taking this step to make land easily accessible to Nigerians, according to Senate President Bukola Saraki.

Property law has a complexity and an arcane quality to it because it is rooted in man’s impulses, from the dawn of civilization, to acquire, retain and regulate the control of his possessions in society.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said that the Land Use Act was not defective as it was serving the purpose for which it was enacted.