Using a domain model of social tenure to record land rights: A Case Study of Itaji-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

Formal land registration systems have failed to accommodate the wide range of tenure claims found in developing countries, including rights under customary and informal systems, thereby leaving rural people with insecure tenure. To reduce poverty, empower poor, ensure economic growth, security is beneficial. This paper investigates how Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) can be applied record at Itaji-Ekiti, Nigeria. Primary data was collected by administering questionnaires on a house-to-house basis conducting interviews holders. Spatial recorded using handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) Garmin Oregon 300 mobile application (Topographic Mapper). Secondary from reports, journal articles, published books Google Earth image repository. The through administered used analyse perceptions holders rights. study provides additional knowledge for researchers field Cadastral Surveying, as it tested applicability STDM. model will also help government Nigeria necessary upgrading settlements, which provide integrity administration.