Improvement of land administration system in Nigeria: a blockchain technology review

Abstract

Land administration has a significant influence on the development, economy, and civil society, and is one of the modern society's supports. Land administration systems are made up of textual records that specify rights and/or information, as well as geographical records that define the scope of those rights and/or information. This study seeks to review the application of blockchain in the land administration in Nigeria. To achieve the above aim the objectives were; 1) To review the Land Administration system in Nigeria. 2) To review the blockchain techniques. This study adopted secondary source of data collection as methodology. Insufficient land administration model that could promote long-term land management development, data recording, database administration, and well-trained staffs are among the challenges facing land administration in Nigeria. These challenges are as a result of in effective land administration system, improper data record and data base, etc. By using a blockchain, almost 85% of the land administration problems in Nigeria will be solved, due to the presence of efficiency and transparency elements as well as chain title (transaction history. Transaction history that includes parcel numbers (unique identifiers), persons legal and natural identification number can be store. Also, transaction rules can be implemented as well as checking the transaction validity, blockchain technology could be the best solution of the land administration problems in Nigeria.