2018
DOI: 10.3390/land7010023
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Compensation for Expropriated Community Farmland in Nigeria: An In-Depth Analysis of the Laws and Practices Related to Land Expropriation for the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos

Abstract: Abstract:In Nigeria, the recurring impoverishment and other negative socioeconomic impacts endured by landholders affected by expropriation are well-documented and call into question the Land Use Act's (LUA) effectiveness in protecting local land rights. The World Bank's Land Governance Assessment Framework found that, in Nigeria, "a large number of acquisitions occurs without prompt and adequate compensation, thus leaving those losing land worse off, with no mechanism for independent appeal even though the la… Show more

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“…This allows the local community to adopt strategies that preserve its rights over land resources for their livelihoods [16,62,70]. However, when spatial development programmes infringe upon those land rights, the pursuit of procedural justice in combination with recognition and redistribution permits the design and implementation of rules and strategies for fair compensation to affected people so that they can continue their lives [62,[96][97][98]. In a nutshell, recognition justice promotes land tenure security through the respect and protection of all people's right to land resources through inclusive and participatory management of land resources.…”
Section: Relating Spatial Justice To Land Tenure Securitymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…This allows the local community to adopt strategies that preserve its rights over land resources for their livelihoods [16,62,70]. However, when spatial development programmes infringe upon those land rights, the pursuit of procedural justice in combination with recognition and redistribution permits the design and implementation of rules and strategies for fair compensation to affected people so that they can continue their lives [62,[96][97][98]. In a nutshell, recognition justice promotes land tenure security through the respect and protection of all people's right to land resources through inclusive and participatory management of land resources.…”
Section: Relating Spatial Justice To Land Tenure Securitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Such compensation has to be paid within a determined time (time span for compensation) which has to be determined by the law guiding the expropriation in any country [98]. 6.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Surprisingly, the question of the (correct) determination of land value appears to have been somehow avoided by LSLAs literature so far. Besides few scattered references to the price of land allegedly paid in one large-scale land deal or another, only the literature investigating the issue of fair compensation for local populations and indigenous communities affected by LSLAs, expressed a more systematic interest in the land value issue [31]. For instance, in his essay addressing fair compensation in transnational land deals, De Maria [32] discussed the controversial aspects related to the correct determination of land value using a law and economics perspective.…”
Section: Land and Economicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This paper discusses expropriation by making reference to the power of government agencies 1 to interfere in individual real property rights and acquire their properties in order to serve public purposes or social benefits [11]. It refers similarly to government power of eminent domain, compulsory purchase or acquisition of private real property for public interest [12]. The expropriation involves compensation for the acquired properties which can be paid in monetary form or in any other form based on mutual agreement between the expropriating agency and property owners [11,13].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The amended law provides clear procedures which have to be followed by actors in the expropriation in order to determine fair or just compensation value which should be paid to expropriated people. Just compensation value is the value of the expropriated property which is determined at market price [12]. Procedures that may lead to just compensation and which are stated in the current Rwandan expropriation law include the use of updated reference prices, which are determined on the basis of the market prices, for the real properties affected by expropriation and the counter-assessment of the proposed compensation value in the case expropriated people are not satisfied with it [11].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%