The LAND USE ACT was enacted to vest all Land compromised in the territory of each State (except land vested in the Federal government or its agencies) solely in the Governor of the State , who holds such Land in trust for the people and would henceforth be responsible for allocation of land in all urban areas to individuals resident in the State and to organisations for residential, agriculture, commercial and other purposes while similar powers will with respect to non-urban areas are conferred on Local Governments.(27th March 1978) Commencement. 1. When was it enacted? The Land Use Decree (now Land Use Act) was promulgated on 29 th , March 1978 following the recommendations of a minority report of a panel appointed by the Federal Military Government of the time to advice on future land policy. With immediate effect, it vested all land in each state of the Federation in the governor of that state (Fed. Rep. of Nigeria, 1978). 2. Why it was enacted? The