Nigeria's Land Use Act
An Anti-Thesis to Environmental Justice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16766768 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rhuks Ako (University of Hull, corresponding author), Rhuks T Ako |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 289-304 |
| Publication date | 2009-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of African Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0221-8553 • E-ISSN: 1464-3731 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021855309990076 |
| OpenAlex | W2110171550 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 9 |
Nigeria's Land Use Act, promulgated in 1978, is perhaps the most controversial legislation in the country. The Act, originally promulgated as a decree and annexed to the country's constitution, was ostensibly made to nationalize landholding in the country. However, the peculiar impact of the Act on the inhabitants of the Niger Delta region that hosts upstream activities of the oil industry has led to assertions that the Act was made specifically to deprive those inhabitants of the right to participate actively in the oil industry. This article examines the impact of the Act on the right of inhabitants to access justice. It argues that the Act obstructs their rights to environmental justice and is a fundamental cause of the violent conflicts that pervade the region
Constitution · Decree · Delta · Economic Justice · Environmental justice · Legislation · Niger delta · Petroleum industry · Political science · Engineering · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Natural Resources and Economic Development
Environmental justice in Nigeria
A lega(l)cy unfulfilled
Land tenure and investment incentives
Governance and environmental inequality in Nigeria
Sustainability justice
Understanding property market operations from a dual institutional perspective
Principles of just urban land use planning
Predictors of inequalities in land ownership among Nigerian households
Oil exploration and ecological damage
Trash or Treasure
Right to a clean environment
The God that Failed
New Ways of Thinking about Environmentalism
Environmentalism and Public Policy
Ideal and Reality in British Administrative Policy in Eastern Nigeria
Corporate Environmental Crimes and Social Inequality
For the use and common benefit of all Nigerians
Solid Waste Sites and the Black Houston Community
| Citations per year | 0.63 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |