An Evaluation of Urban Housing Problems in Nigeria (A Case Study of Ibadan, Oyo State)

SYNOPSIS

Housing problems on earth can be traced to the time when God evicted Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden, because of their sin. This project is aimed at evaluating housing problems in Ibadan, Oyo state. Many theories were reviewed in other  to get more facts on this research work. Data were collected by administering questionnaires to selected population located in Sango East of Ibadan. The reseacher identified the different types of housing and housing problem in the study area, factors that constitute housing problem in the study area and the strategies that can be employed to check or minimize the problems. 

Morealso, for the critical analysis and presentation, table were used for clear explanation of the subject matter.To give the work a final touch, finding on the negligence of the concerned local government, the neccessary stakeholder and appropriate  provision of facilities, lacking in the area were exposed, due to this various procedure  of urban policies were itemized and explained, also Goverment have been adviced on poverty alleviation programmes and also to educate the people living in the study area the effect and dangers in living in a bad housing to give the case study a new look of a development.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Tittle Page……………………………………………………………………i

Certification………………………………………………………………….ii

Dedication……………………………………………………………………iii

Acknowledgement……………………………………………………………iv

Table of contents……………………………………………………………...v

List of table…………………………………………………………………...vii

Synopsis……………………………………………………………………….ix

CHAPTER ONE

1.0INTRODUCTION1

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY1

1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM3

1.3 AIM AND OBJECTIVES5

1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY5

1.5 SCOPE OF STUDY6

1.6 LIMITATION OF STUDY6

1.7 STUDY AREA7

1.8 DEFINATION OF TERMS8

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW10

2.1 HOUSING CONCEPT10

2.2 HOUSING SITUATION IN NIGERIA11

2.3 IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING AND SHELTER11

2.4 CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSING12

2.5 RURAL AND URBAN HOUSING IN NIGERIA13

2.6. HOUSING FINANCE20

2.7HOUSING PROBLEMS IN BRIEF26 

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 RESESARCH METHODOLOGY .................................................27

3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN ..................................................................27

3.2 DATA TYPES AND SOURCES ...................................................28

3.3 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES .................................29

3.4 RESEARCH POPULATION ........................................................29

3.5 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION ...........................................30

3.6 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS ................................................30

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 DATA INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULT  31

4.1 DATA PRESENTATION  31

4.2 ACCESSING EXISTING HOUSING AND INFRACTURER  32 

4.3 EXAMINING THE HOUSING CONDITION IN THE STUDY AREA  39

4.4 HOUSING PROBLEMS IN THE STUDY AREA ..........................43

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS  45

5.1 SUMMARY  45

5.2 CONCLUSION  46

5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS  47

REFERENCES  49

APPENDICES ...............................................................................51

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1: ASSESMENT OF HOUSING PROVIDED IN THE STUDY AREA ......................................32    

TABLE 2: AGE OF OCCUPPIERS ..................................................................33

TABLE 3: HOUSING TYPES ..........................................................................33

TABLE 4A: FACILITIES/ SOURCES PROVIDED .........................................34

TABLE 4B: AVAILABILITY OF REFUSE COLLECTION SYSTEM............34

TABLE4C: WATER SUPPLY CONNECTION ................................................35

TABLE 4D: REGULARITY OF WATER SUPPLY...........................................36

TABLE 4E: OTHER MEANS OF WATER SUPPLY ........................................36

TABLE 4F : AVAILABILITY OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY.............................37

TABLE 4G: OTHER MEANS OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY..............................37

TABLE 4H: BATHROOM TYPES ......................................................................38

TABLE 4I : TOILET TYPES PROVIDED ...........................................................38

TABLE 5: AGE OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE STUDY AREA .......................39

TABLE 6: ROOF MATERIALS USED IN THE STUDY AREA .........................40

TABLE 7: FLOOR FINISHES IN THE AREA ......................................................41

TABLE 8: CEILING FINISHES .............................................................................41

TABLE 9: GENERAL CONDITIONOF THE HOUSES........................................42

TABLE 10: PROBLEMS FACING THE OCCUPIER ...........................................44