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The achievements of humanity in the modern age have provided unprecedented opportunities for huma... more The achievements of humanity in the modern age have provided unprecedented opportunities for human welfare and fulfillment, but they have also placed in the hands of humanity, instrument of universal destruction. When one takes a cursory look at Nigeria today, the sheer rapidity of urban growth remains one of the most astonishing and awesome aspects of the whole process of social change. This is evident in the increase and influx of populations in most of the cities of Nigeria. More important is the fact that the urban share of the total has increased greatly everywhere as urbanization has spread to all parts of the country. Although there are variations in the amount of urban growth occurring in Nigeria, nearly all cities have two things in common. First, the proportion of people living in cities is rising and second, the cities themselves are large and growing. The consequence of this is that most of the Nigeria people will soon be city dwellers. Nonetheless, urban population is increasing more rapidly in developing countries like Nigeria. The paper concludes that despite their obvious problems, cities continue to provide more opportunities for national development and therefore recommends that government should take responsibilities to address the challenges by showing serious commitment to overcome them and take advantage of the prospects inherent in urbanization and urban growth.
Expropriation of private land rights involves two contradictory interests. On one side, there is ... more Expropriation of private land rights involves two contradictory interests. On one side, there is a public need for land; on the other side landholders need the provision of tenure security and protection of their private property rights. Thus, it needs to keep a balance between them. To create the intended balance, legislation has to authorize the government to expropriate land rights for clear and limited public purpose under the supervision of an independent body. In this article the writer will argue that the rural land laws of Ethiopia have defined the public purpose for expropriation of rural land rights in different manner depending on the nature of the landholders. For peasants and pastoralists the public purpose requirement is defined vaguely and broadly leaving its component to be determined by public authority. However, for investors the concept is limited to the projects implemented by the government. Moreover, the writer argues that the protection of private property rights and provision of land tenure security of holders is further undermined due to the legislation failure to authorize the affected people from taking an appeal to an independent body objecting the fact that the project to which the private rural landholding is expropriated does not satisfy the public purpose requirement.
The achievements of humanity in the modern age have provided unprecedented opportunities for huma... more The achievements of humanity in the modern age have provided unprecedented opportunities for human welfare and fulfillment, but they have also placed in the hands of humanity, instrument of universal destruction. When one takes a cursory look at Nigeria today, the sheer rapidity of urban growth remains one of the most astonishing and awesome aspects of the whole process of social change. This is evident in the increase and influx of populations in most of the cities of Nigeria. More important is the fact that the urban share of the total has increased greatly everywhere as urbanization has spread to all parts of the country. Although there are variations in the amount of urban growth occurring in Nigeria, nearly all cities have two things in common. First, the proportion of people living in cities is rising and second, the cities themselves are large and growing. The consequence of this is that most of the Nigeria people will soon be city dwellers. Nonetheless, urban population is increasing more rapidly in developing countries like Nigeria. The paper concludes that despite their obvious problems, cities continue to provide more opportunities for national development and therefore recommends that government should take responsibilities to address the challenges by showing serious commitment to overcome them and take advantage of the prospects inherent in urbanization and urban growth.
Expropriation of private land rights involves two contradictory interests. On one side, there is ... more Expropriation of private land rights involves two contradictory interests. On one side, there is a public need for land; on the other side landholders need the provision of tenure security and protection of their private property rights. Thus, it needs to keep a balance between them. To create the intended balance, legislation has to authorize the government to expropriate land rights for clear and limited public purpose under the supervision of an independent body. In this article the writer will argue that the rural land laws of Ethiopia have defined the public purpose for expropriation of rural land rights in different manner depending on the nature of the landholders. For peasants and pastoralists the public purpose requirement is defined vaguely and broadly leaving its component to be determined by public authority. However, for investors the concept is limited to the projects implemented by the government. Moreover, the writer argues that the protection of private property rights and provision of land tenure security of holders is further undermined due to the legislation failure to authorize the affected people from taking an appeal to an independent body objecting the fact that the project to which the private rural landholding is expropriated does not satisfy the public purpose requirement.