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Gender become as Interdisciplinary studies as a result of feminist activist advocate for women's rights. Cultural norms and practices disregard equal opportunity for both son and daughter and for men and women in the global community particularly in patriarchy societies. Gender roles and status was constructed based on cultural norms and practices. Nigeria is a country with diverse ethics communities. North we have Hausa and Fulani ethnic groups in the South we have Yoruba and Igbo ethnic groups. In land administration was purely Maliki land tenure system and South adopt customary tenure system it is informal in nature. Colonial administration change Land administration to statutory formal system. Whereas, Land is a natural resources created by God for animals surviving. Just like animal farm. The high rate of demanding for land for agricultural productivity and human resident purposes make land scarce. This lead to land administration through policy and institutionalised administrative structures. Gender dynamics continue shaping access to land as well create unequal gender right of land acquisition and ownership in Nigeria. Hence, Nigeria land policy practices proclaimed gender neutral policy but weak implementations foster unequal access in practices. The recent technology advancement, education, civilisation and legal awearness and land policy amended transformed socio-cultural interaction of both men and women to partial equal access to land in contempory Nigeria. Gender-Neutral and Land Administration Policy in Nigeria is basically towards equitable access, tenure security and Inclusive land governance. Land is one of the most important economic, social and institutional resources in Nigeria. It provides the foundation for housing, agriculture, business development, infrastructure, livelihoods and intergenerational wealth. Yet access to land is not determined solely by formal law. It is also shaped by customary institutions, family structures, inheritance practices, administrative procedures, economic capacity, social expectations and the distribution of decision-making power.