Paper short abstract:

Land corruption exists in Sub-Saharan Africa, with negative consequences on property market and long-term peace. The paper examines the dimensions of land corruption, the effects of land corruption, and strategies to tackle land corruption in Lagos. The paper provides a list of recommendations

Paper long abstract:

Globalization, cross-border real estate investment, market sophistication, and digitization beckon for urgency to step up the ladder of transparency in the dualistic nature of developing land markets to match up with the global mainstream market. Land corruption manifests itself in various ways and has become endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, with negative consequences for achieving a transparent property market and long-term citizenry peace. What are the dimensions of land corruption, its effects, and tackling strategies? The paper examines the dimensions of land corruption, the effects of land corruption on the property market, and strategies to tackle land corruption for sustainable peace from the perspective of Lagos land experts in Nigeria. The information from land practitioners and the ministry of land in Lagos; the largest property market in sub-Sahara Africa, is verifiably authenticated through proper attention to the saturation point. With the use of computer-aided qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS), Atlas.ti, the interviews were coded and analyzed, resulting in visualization networks that provide a narrative of themes associated with various dimensions of land corruption, their effects, and tackling strategies. In our paper, we called for open data, a land information management system, and clear and enforceable policies to encourage foreign investment in real estate and infrastructure on the one hand and peaceful coexistence among African citizens on the other hand.

Keywords: Land Corruption, Land Governance, Land Development, Sustainable Peace, Cities, Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria