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such the State Authority had no power to revoke the
approval for alienation.
[25] Upon a close scrutiny of the Code, it appears that there
is no express provision therein which prohibits the State
Authority to revoke or withdraw prior approval of alienation
of State land before the registration of a register document
of title. The wording of section 78(3) of the Code tends to
suggest that such provision is not necessary. The need to
revoke has not arisen as the land is still state land by virtue
of the said section. The contention that the State
Authority cannot revoke the approval for alienation of state
land once approved goes against the grain of section 78(3)
itself. The power to revoke is implicit in that subsection
itself. It is absurd to say that the State Authority has lost
control over the land after alienation when section 78(3)
plainly states that it is still its land until registration.
[26] Section 80(3) of the Code cannot be read in isolation.
It must be viewed against the whole scheme of the Code.
The purpose of section 80(3), which was introduced in 1984
by the National Land Code (Amendment) Act 1984 (Act
A587) was to cut down unnecessary delay in the issuance of
qualified titles once payment of the land revenue as
specified in Form 5A had been made. Section 80(3)
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