FUNCTION OF LAND ADMINISTRATION

INTRODUCTION

Land Administration can be defined as the process whereby the land resources of a community a town, state, region or a country are administered and managed to give the optimum results.

The optimum yield may either be informed of economic use of land resources which may result in the social, traditional or cultural up liftmen.

In terms of economy, land administration may be viewed as the management of land such that the highest financial returns are achieved.

The benefit may either be in terms of high profit, efficiency of labour as well as proper management procedures.

Such as allocation of resources to the various sectors of the community that may be involved in the use of such land in estate development.

FUNCTION OF LAND ADMINISTRATION

Kwarden M. D (1996) further say that apart from functioning in an executing capacity which is the case in Nigeria land Administration as an institution can also function in the following capacities:

1. SUPERVISORY:
Here it functions like Administration. It is concerned mainly with the maintenance of law and order with respect to land. For instance a divisional officer (D. 0. 5) supervised land Administration because it was regarded as part of public administration and consequently land Administration ensures greater productivity.

2. ADVISORY:Land Administration functions in this capacity where right in land have been crystallized, where the level of education of the land owing community is Wiki and wb.ete the institution dealing with land exist. ln this situation either semi dependent statutory bodies or private institution provides this advisory service.

3. CO – ORDINATING;This is where land Administration exists to co — ordinate the activities of other technical executive bodies within the government structures or to co — ordinates the activities of private institutions dealing with land. In conclusion therefore, it is important to state that situations differ significantly from one place to another and only one or all of these methods may apply in one country at any point in time.