LIMITATIONS OF THE NIGERIAN CONVEYANCING LAW PRACTICE

ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. Multiplicity of Laws 

2. Illiteracy 

3. Failure of purchasers to consult solicitors until very late in the transaction 

4. Professional incompetence and lack of diligence amongst lawyers 

5. Uncritical dubbing of precedents etc

6. Contractual/legislative restrictions

7. Customary tenure/family property (Duality of Tenure in Nigeria land law

8. Touts and Estate agents have not helped the situation

9. Professional incompetence and lack of diligence amongst lawyers.

10. No full appreciation of contract before conveyance

11. Archaic mode of record-keepingat the lands registry creating difficulties in investigation of title. 

12. Lack of documentary evidence of title and weakness of proving traditional title where there is no written evidence