An Assessment of Land Title Registration Process in Osun State, Nigeria

Abstract

This paper evaluated the land title registration processes in Osun state, Nigeria, with a view to advancing suggestions towards improving the registration of land titles. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY: The study employed a combination of purposive and stratified sampling technique to obtain data from five (5) land officials and five hundred and twenty (520) land title registration applicants in Osun State, Nigeria between 2004 and 2014 time period. FINDINGS: The study found that the registration of land titles follows a 14 stage procedure. However, the requirements vary for each category of land titles. Also, the processes were found to be clumsy and cumbersome. LIMITATIONS: The study only focused on the processes and procedures of land title registration in the study area. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The study has implications for land administration practice in the study area. ORIGINALITY: The study extends literature on land title registration activities in emerging African economies.

Factors influencing land title registration practice in Osun State, Nigeria

“…As a factor of production, which is combined with other resources in the production and manufacturing of goods and services, land is a key asset for the development of any society. As a key asset, land is of great economic significance for the growth and advancement of any country; hence, the extent of the management of land resources in any country could affect its level of economic growth and development (Aderibigbe et al, 2015). There is abundance of evidence in the literature that economic advancement in any country is underpinned by secure property rights arising from an efficient and transparent land/property rights registration and certification process (see, for example, Deininger and Binswanger, 1994;De Soto, 2000;Galal and Razzaz, 2001;Arnot and Meadows, 2006; Department for International Development (DFID), 2012; Ehwi and Asante, 2016, among others).…”