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Lands (Title Vesting, Etc.) Act

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LANDS (TITLE VESTING, ETC.) ACT

Arrangement of Sections

  1. Vesting of ownership of lands in the Federal Government of Nigeria.
  2. Control and management of lands.
  3. Invalidation of all allocations, etc.
  4. Regularisation of leases.
  5. Registration of property to which Act applies.
  6. Short title.

LANDS (TITLE VESTING, ETC.) ACT

An Act to provide among other things, for the vesting of the title of all land within the 100 metres limit of the 1967 shore line and all land reclaimed near the lagoon, sea or ocean in or bordering Nigeria exclusively in the Federal Government of Nigeria.

[1993 No. 52.]

[1st January, 1975] [Commencement.]
  1. Vesting of ownership of lands in the Federal Government of Nigeria
(1) For the avoidance of any doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or any enactment, law or vesting instrument, the title to all the lands within 100 metres limit of the 1967 shoreline of Nigeria and any other land reclaimed from any lagoon, sea or ocean in or bordering Nigeria or of oceans bordering the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall, to the exclusion of any right accruing to anybody corporate or un-incorporate or industry, vest in the Federal Government of Nigeria without any further assurance than this Act.
(2) Accordingly, any purported title to any land referred to in subsection (1) of this section held by any State or local government, any individual or by any body corporate or un-incorporate before the commencement of this Act, is hereby vested in the Federal Government of Nigeria.
  1. Control and management of lands

All the lands referred to in section 1 of this Act shall be controlled and managed for and on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria by the Federal Ministry charged with responsibility for lands and land matters or any other authority designated by that Ministry for the purposes of this Act.

  1. Invalidation of all allocations, etc.
(1) Any lease purportedly granted by any State or local government, individual or anybody corporate or un-incorporate or any agency of the State or local government, in respect of any such land, before the commencement of this Act shall abate, be null and void and of no effect whatsoever.

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