Land administration service delivery and its challenges in Nigeria: A case study of eight states

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierHosaena Ghebru: 0000-0002-6541-5907
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Nigeria Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number39
cg.placeWashington, DC
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
dc.contributor.authorGhebru, Hosaena
dc.contributor.authorOkumo, Austen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:23:32Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:23:32Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147933
dc.titleLand administration service delivery and its challenges in Nigeria: A case study of eight statesen
dcterms.abstractThis paper assesses the nature of land administration service delivery in Nigeria using data collected from three sets of participants in land administration processes: 76 service providers, 253 beneficiaries, and 172 professionals. The data were collected from eight states selected from the six geopolitical zones of the country—Cross River, Benue, Bauchi, Ekiti, Enugu, Kaduna, and Lagos states, plus the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja). These were chosen because they are considered to have advanced land administration systems. Our findings show that land registration processes in Nigeria take a long time: nearly 80 percent of beneficiaries and 41 percent of professionals responded that land registration took more than two years to complete after first apply-ing. This difference between beneficiaries and professionals may stem from the fact that many professionals, who gener-ally are better educated, may know more about the application process than do beneficiaries and are able to navigate the process more efficiently. Land registration information guidelines seem to be rarely available to the public. Consequently, the dominant means of access to land administration institutions is through direct contact. Coordination among govern-ance structures put in place by states for land administration also was found to be poor, especially in Bauchi and Enugu states, where very low levels of cooperation on issues related to land administration reforms were observed.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGhebru, Hosaena; and Okumo, Austen. 2016. Land administration service delivery and its challenges in Nigeria: A case study of eight states. NSSP Working Paper 39. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147933en
dcterms.extent27 pages
dcterms.isPartOfNSSP Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2017-01-05
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/131035
dcterms.subjectland governanceen
dcterms.subjectdecentralizationen
dcterms.subjectland administrationen
dcterms.subjectlanden
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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