The landlord vs tenant squabbles in Nigeria is as old as the year the country gained independence from Britain – 1960.

On social media, Nigerians who are tenants cry out almost on weekly basis about how they are being cheated by their landlords.

Experts say this is because many tenants do not know their rights and so, accept whatever conditions they are subjected to by greedy and manipulative landlords.

A Nigerian legal expert in civil and commercial litigation has tweeted the six major facts about quit notice all tenants should know.

They are:

1. If your tenancy is on a weekly basis, you are entitled to 7 days.

2. Tenancy at will – 7 days

3. Monthly tenancy – 1 month

4. Quarterly tenancy – 3 months

5. Half-yearly tenancy – 3 months and

6. Yearly tenancy – 6 months’ notice to quit.

Experts say regardless of the neighbourhood where a property is situated, the law is clear on what a landlord can and cannot do.

Tenants have also being advised to consider hiring a real estate lawyer to protect their interest especially in cases where they are not sure.

Great one

And likewise you need to educate the tenant's that it's mandatory for tenants to pay the Landlord during the quit notice duration.

You also need to educate your audience that notices are subject to agreement

Richy4:
There's also need to enlighten them that they will have to pay within the duration of the notice...
Quit notice is not a licence to stay rent-free..

That's the more reasons is good to always give quit notice 6month to the expiration of the persons tenancy, so as not to over stay...

I'm a facility manager, we recently gave a quit notice to a tenant whose rent will expire in 6months time that she should vacate the said property, at the expiration of her tenancy...

So with this, a good tenant, that know what he or she is doing should have been looking for a new place before the expiration of her 6month...

I think this quit notice is legally binding if there is no tenancy agreement between the landlord and the tenant. Where a yearly tenant signs an agreement that expressly states that three months quit notice suffices to terminate the tenancy, then this will be binding.

these laws have weight only on paper