This study attempts to have a comparative analysis of the activities of land administration
machineries in FCC, Abuja and Minna using some selected districts and neighbourhoodsas case study areas.
Questionnaires were administered to Individual land owners, property developers or plot allottees who own
land from ages Eighteen (18) and above as well as interview to somestaff of departments of land administration
machineries in FCC, Abuja and Minna. Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS), Geometric Mean Model
and Linkert Scale were statistical tools employed. Findings revealed that the average growth in land allocations
made available to people by government within the study period of 2000 – 2009 in FCC and Minna
were191.25% and 29.22% respectively. In FCC, Delay of process and extortion of money by government
officials are sufficient reasons why individual land owners will not be willing to process title documents to land.
While in Minna, the reasons are Exorbitant Processing Cost, Delay of Process and extortion of money by
government officials. The paper suggests among others that land administration officials should abstain from
illegal acts during land transactions, government should ensure that adequate income packages are paid to land
administration officials and ensures enlightening and educating customary land owners on the need for
compulsory acquisition