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GENUINE LAND OWNERS Vs LAND GRABBERS IN NIGERIA. A Lagos case study.

Buying a piece of land in Lagos state and putting up a structure on same is usually a tall order, no thanks to the belligerent activities of land grabbers and land speculators popularly known as “Omo-Onile” who make life unbearable for intending house owners through their voracious frivolous demands. There have been many instances where unsuspecting buyers paid for land only to be told to come and pay again to reclaim their land, or settle some aggrieved family members who were not factored into the sharing formula of the previous payment. “Omo Oniles” simply have no regard for the law of the land as they have become a law unto themselves charging and fining prospective land owners’ different absurd bills as it pleases them. They also ensure the buyers are not free from their strangulating grip as they exact different fines on them, at every stage of the development of their properties. Prominent among such fines are foundation bill, lintel bill, decking bill, roof bill, f

EROSION CONTROLS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS

Type of Drainage Drainage is of two forms Surface drainage and Sub surface drainage or underground drainage. A) Surface drainage (Natural system of drainage): It may consist of open ditches that are laid out by eye judgment, leading from one wet spot to another and finally into a nala or river. This is often called natural system. Open ditch drains:  The pattern of ditches is regular. The method is adopted to land that has uniform slope. Field ditches:  Field ditches for surface drains may be either narrow with nearly vertical sides or V shaped with flat side slopes. V shaped ditches have the advantages of being easier to cross with large machinery. Narrow ditches:  Narrow ditches are most common where large farm machinery is not used. In level areas, a collecting ditch may need to be installed at one side of the field and shallow shaped ditches are constructed to discharge into the collecting ditch. The field ditches should be laid out parallel and spaced 15 t