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  WAYS TO ESTABLISH OWNERSHIP OF LAND: PURCHASE DOCUMENTS.     If you have the desire and aspiration to buy a piece of land to build that dream house to call your own, then it is very pertinent for you to be abreast with the various steps needed in establishing your ownership rights and status over such piece of land.     Figure 1 aakientblogs/A peice of land   After buying any piece of land, it is very important for the buyer to request for evidence of that transaction from the seller in the form of a purchase receipt and legal document of transfer of such piece of land from the seller to the buyer. Where the land in question is a family land, evidence of actual purchase of the land to be demanded and issued to the buyer by the traditional land owners are: 1)       Purchase receipt of the actual portion of the land bought being issued on the original copy of the family’s land receipt, duly signed or thumb-printed b...

 Congratulations!!!  We rejoice with you in becoming a new Land Owner.    But, do you know that buying and owning any land in Nigeria does not necessarily give neither does it guarantee your ownership rights and status over such land. The first step to establishing ownership of land after acquisition and land clearance is by Fencing the actual portion/lot/plot being allocated/allotted. It is the first physical construction activity to be undertaken on the newly acquired land.   Fencing activities on any form of land after acquisition could be undertaken in various forms after great emphasis and consideration on the type of land to be fenced. But, the most recognized and common form of land fencing is through the use of sandcrete blocks made up of sand, cement and water and then moulded into various sizes. Another way which land can be fenced if it is a swampy or water logged land is through pouring of reinforced concrete on the marked boundary points.   ...