TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page                    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           i

Declaration                  -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           ii

Certification Page       -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           iii

Dedication                  -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           iv

Acknowledgement      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           v

Table of Contents       -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           vi

Table of Cases            -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           ix

Table of Statutes         -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           xii

List of Abbreviations  -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           xvi

Abstract                      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -          xvii

CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION           -           -           -           1

1.1   Background of Study                 -           -           -           -           -           -           2

1.2   Statement of the Problem            -           -           -           -           -           -           4

1.3   Research Questions                    -           -           -           -           -           -           5

1.4   Objectives of Study                    -           -           -           -           -           -           6

1.5   Scope of Study                           -           -           -           -           -           -           6

1.6   Research Methodology               -           -           -           -           -           -           7

1.7   Relevance/ Purpose of Study     -           -           -           -           -           -           7

1.8   Literature Review                       -           -           -           -           -           -           8

1.9   Chapterization                             -           -           -           -           -           -           11

CHAPTER TWO: GRANT OF RIGHTS OF OCCUPANCY/ ALIENATION

2.1   Categorization of Rights of Occupancy -           -           -           -           -           13

2.2   The Certificate of Occupancy                 -           -           -           -           -           15

2.3   Conditions for Valid Grant of the Certificate of Occupancy     -           -           17

2.4   Conditions Imposed on Grantees of Certificate of Occupancy  -           -           18

2.5   Alienation of Rights of Occupancy and Consent Requirement under the Act - 19

2.6   Effect of Alienation of Rights of Occupancy without Governor's Consent -     22

2.7   Burden of Proof of Validity of Consent             -           -           -           -           23

2.8   Penal Sanctions               -           -           -           -           -           -           -           24

2.9   Jurisdiction of Court       -           -           -           -           -           -           -           24

           

CHAPTER THREE:    REVOCATION OF RIGHTS OF OCCUPANCY

                                        UNDER THE ACT

3.1   Proprietary Interest and Revocation       -           -           -           -           -           26

3.2   Grounds for Revocation of Rights of Occupancy          -           -           -           28

        i. Overriding Public Interest                   -           -           -           -           -           29

        ii. Public Purpose                                    -           -           -           -           -           30

        iii. Breach of the Terms of the Grant of the Certificate of Occupancy  -           31

3.3   Procedure for Revocation of Rights of Occupancy        -           -           -           31

3.4   Condition Precedent                               -           -           -           -           -           32

3.5   Mode of Service of Notice                     -           -           -           -           -           32

3.6   Contents of a Valid Notice of Revocation          -           -           -           -           34

3.7   Revocation for Overriding Public Interest         -           -           -           -           34

3.8   Where Public Purpose Fails                    -           -           -           -           -           37

3.9   Judicial Construction of Revocation Power       -           -           -           -           47

        i. Revocation to be Within the Statutorily Permissible Purpose of the Act -     49

        ii. Revocation must comply with Statutory Procedure   -           -           -           50

        iii. Notice of Revocation                         -           -           -           -           -           51

        iv. Mode of Service of Notice                -           -           -           -           -           53

CHAPTER FOUR: COMPENSATION FOR LAND UNDER THE ACT

4.1   Payment of Compensation                      -           -           -           -           -           54

4.2   Quantum of Compensation                     -           -           -           -           -           56

4.3   Compensation for Leasehold Interest     -           -           -           -           -           57

4.4   Interest Payable on Compensation         -           -           -           -           -           58

4.5   Dispute Resolution                                 -           -           -           -           -           58

CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5.1   Findings                          -           -           -           -           -           -           -           60

5.2   Recommendations          -           -           -           -           -           -           -           63

5.3   Conclusion                      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           70

        Bibliography                   -           -           -           -           -           -           -           74

 

 

TABLE OF CASES                                                                                          PAGE

 

Abiodun v. Chief Secretary (1949) 12 WACA 522   -           -           -           -       -    67

Abioye v. Yakubu (1991) 5 NWLR (Pt. 190) 16       -           -           -           -       -   13

Adedeji v. Williams (1989) 1 NWLR (Pt. 99) 611    -           -           -           -       -   16

Administrator/Executor of the Estate of General Sani Abacha (Deceased) v. Eke-Spiff

(2003) 1 NWLR (Pt. 800) 114    -      -           -           -           -           -           - 33, 36, 40

Adole v. Gwar (2008) 11 NWLR (Pt. 1099) 5   -       -           -           -         9, 28, 34, 37

A.G. Lagos State v. Sowande (1992) 8 NWLR (Pt. 261) 589 at 601-602     -    - 27, 52

Agbaje v. Bankole (1971) 1 All NLR 27       -           -           -           -           -       -     52

Alhaji Bello v. The Diocesan Synod of Lagos & Ors (1973) 3 SC 72 -        -       34, 35

Alhaji Goni Kyari A. v. Alhaji Ciroma Alkali & 2 Ors (2006) 6 NSCQLR

819      -          -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -       14, 36

Awaogbo v. Eze (1995) 1 NWLR 393 -         -           -           -           -           -        -   49

Awojugbagbe Light Industries Ltd v. Chinukwe (1995) 4 NWLR

(Pt. 390) 379   -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -       22, 23

CCTS Ltd. v. Ekpo (2008) 6 NWLR (Pt. 1083) 362 -           -           -           -       -    21

Chief Commissioner, Eastern Provinces v. Onenye & Ors (1944) 17 NLR 142 -     38

C.S.S. Bookshops Ltd. v. Registered Trustees & Ors (2006) 142 LRCN 2613 -  49, 51

Ebiteh v. Obiki (1992) 5 NWLR (Pt. 243) 599   -      -           -           -           -      -    63