APPRAISAL OF LACK OF ARMISTICES BETWEEN LANDLORD AND TENANT IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA

Abstract

It is a pitiful condition for anyone to be ignorant of the law of landlord and tenant. Parties lacking in this respect has tended to suffer a lot of hardship and sorrow. The landlord has to know the terms he must include in a tenancy agreement to protect this interest. The need for protection of interest is paramount, if anything else, in order to protect his property. The tenant on the other hand should also be well abreast with the limit of his rights and obligations, particularly where he has invested so much money on the property, for example in altering it to suit his taste or need, and afterwards, being subjected to eviction notice. It is in the light of the above, that this paper analysed the various conditions that are necessary and expedient to the law of Landlord and Tenant in Nigeria, particularly, the impact of the Laud Use Act 1978, the type of premises of the Landlord and Tenant and the capacities of the parties, the types of tenancy. There are usually certain implied and express terms applicable to landlord and tenant in the process of consideration of remedies for a breach of covenant. Consequent on the above, the paper maintained the need to exercise patient in ensuring that there is maintenance of law and order and that the rule of law is upheld