As part of efforts to address the use of technology for improving land administration, the University of Hertfordshire(UK) Blockchain Research Team was in Nigeria recently and part of their work was to officially present its 2023 white paper titled– “A Blockchain for Nigeria- Exploring  Blockchain Policy and Adoption in Nigeria” to the Federal Government through the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).

The project focuses on legal and regulatory issues of blockchain technology from a broader perspective, bringing together administrative law, constitutional law, human rights law, environmental law, and public international law.

The project is the first of its kind to comprehensively address legal and regulatory issues in blockchain governance in developing countries.

The project considers and analyses blockchain as a means to the Right to Development, blockchain as a green land tech application, blockchain governance as an enabler of Social tenure domain models (STDM) in land administration, and blockchain as a technology that challenges jurisdiction and territorial sovereignty of nations.

The 61-page Paper can be assessed via the link below:

https://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/en/projects/a-blockchain-for-nigeria-exploring-blockchain-policy-and-adoption