TABALE OF CONTENT

TITLE PAGE

CERTIFICATION

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

CHAPTER 0NE

1.0    INTRODUCTION

1.1    STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1.2    AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1.3    SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

1.4    SCOPE OF THE STUDY

1.5    LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

1.6    STUDY AREA

1.7    DEFINITION OF TERMS

CHAPTER TWO

2.0    LITERATURE REVIEW/CONCEPTUAL/THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

2.1    LAND TENURE SYSTEM

2.2    SYSTEM OF OWNERSHIP PRIOR TO LAND USE ACT 1978

2.3    LAND USE ACT OF 1978

2.4    OBJECTIVES OF THE LAND USE ACT OF 1978

2.5    PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT

2.6    PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

2.7    THE RATIONALE OF DEVELOPMENT

2.8    THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT

2.9    DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS

2.10  FUNCTIONS OF THE DEVELOPER

2.11  THE ROLE OF ESTATE SURVEYORS AND VALUERS IN PROPERTY       DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

2.12  PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

2.13  THE TIMING OF REDEVELOPMENTS

CHAPTER THREE

3.0    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1    THE RESEARCH DESIGN

3.2    DATA TYPES AND SOURCES

3.3    INSTRUMENTATION FOR DATA COLLECTION

3.4    SAMPLE FRAME, SAMPLE SIZE, SAMPLING PROCEDURE SOURCES

3.5    METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION

3.6    METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS

CHAPTER FOUR:                                              IMPACT OF LAND USE ACT OF 1978 ON PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IN ILORIN

4.1    ACCESS TO LAND

4.2    PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES

4.3    AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT

4.4.   RESTRICTION OF LAND OWNERSHIP

4.5    SECURITY OF TENURE AND REDUCTION IN FRAUDULENT LAND         TRANSACTION

4.7    CONSTRAINTS OF LAND USE ACT OF 1978 TO PROPERTY       DEVELOPMENT IN ILORIN.

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1    SUMMARY

5.2    RECOMMENDATION

5.3    CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX

SYNOPSIS

         The land use decree otherwise known as decree No 6, 1978(Land use Act) is one of the most controversial statues passed during the first is years (1966-1979) of the military rule in Nigerian. It abolished fee simple interest (freehold and made every land owner a tenant of the Government by vesting all the land mass in any state (except land already acquired by the Federal government) in the government of the state to hold in trust and for the use of all Nigerian. It reduced indirectly the largest interest anybody can hold in land to 99years lease, thereby converting all the fee simple interest to a term of not more than 99 years.

         For the purpose of this study (project) the objectives of the land use Act of 1978 will be critically considered, the impact of the land use Act on property development in Ilorin, Kwara state will be examined. Also, the conflicts in the Land use Act, the problems for the past years will be looked into and the possible solutions to the problems in the nearest future will be suggested.