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History: What is Gazette Document?

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Before the Land-Use Act in 1978 was enacted, Traditional families who had so much land power under their control benefited from taking pleasure over all the rights given to the land owners. Because of this mega-power they wielded with land, they gave out lands to individuals under a tenancy system for them to use the land either for fishing or farming while they still maintained control over the portion of the land given to the individual. It wasn’t until the creation of Lagos Executive Development Board in the 1950s that individuals where now able to acquire land from the board directly in exchange for a sum of money instead of going to meet the traditional families to obtain land. This led to the Traditional Families now

WHAT IS LAND GAZETTE? AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

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I am very sure a lot of people do not know or understand the meaning of a gazette or its importance. This article is to enlighten the public on what a gazette is or what it does. A government gazette is a periodical publication that records the business and proceedings of a government and has been authorized to publish to the public for legal notices. It is usually established by statute or officials whether by the government or a private party, it is usually considered sufficient to comply with legal requirements for public notice. Gazette provides a permanent official public record of important statutory and non-statutory notices that can be