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Management Of Institutional Housing Estate
[A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN STAFF QUARTERS AT UMARU AUDI, ROAD GRA ILORIN]
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1.6 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
Securing data for this study was not an easy task. This is due to the nature of the study some respondent collected questionnaires and did not return it back.
Some were of the opinion that the research would not offer, then any increase in the salary or while some argued that the information might be used for other purpose. Other than academics as claimed by the research.
Other problems encounter by the researcher during the cause of study includes not having asses into the research area, many went to work and also were afraid to receive visitor because of Boko – Haram or security conscious.
1.7 STUDY AREA (Geographical Setting Historical Background)
The University of Ilorin is located in the ancient city of Ilorin, about 300km from Lagos and Abuja. It is strategically located at the geographical and cultural confluence of the north and south.
University of Ilorin was one of the seven institutions of higher learning that were established by a decree of the federal military government in August 1975. This steps taken to implement one of the education directives of the countries. third national development plan was aims at providing more opportunities for Nigerians aspiring to acquire university education and generating high level of man – power so vital for the rapidly expanding economy. At that time, seven new institutions were inaugurated, four of which started as full – fledged universities sited at Sokoto, Maiduguri, Jos and Calabar, while the rest became East while university college situated at Ilorin, Kano and Port – Harcourt.
The University College of Ilorin was initially affiliated to the University of Ibadan, T.N, Tamuno, Professor, and head of History at the University of Ibadan was appointed the first principal of the college. Shortly after Professor Tamuno’s appointment as principal of the college, he was appointed the vice – chancellor of the University of Ibadan. It therefore became necessary to appoint another principal in person of O.O. Akinkugbe, Professor of Medicine and former Dean of the faculty of Medicine University of Ibadan.
The new principal, Professor O.O. Akinkugbe made several visits to the second military Governor of Kwara State, Late Colonel Ibrahim Taiwo in connection with the new institution, such that by March 1975, he had established residence at Ilorin, in a relatively humble quarters, which also includes a three – bedroom guest chalet at 5, forest road G.R.A where the administrative work of the university was done. Initially, the entire staff consisted of two administrative officers, one driver and one clerk/typist.
Almost immediately, staff recruitment began in earnest, and by July 1976, a sizeable number of academic, administrative and technical staff had been assembled for the take – off. Soon afterwards, the administration moved to a slightly more spacious location at Sabo Oke.
The support given to the fledgling institution by Governor Taiwo continued under the third military Governor of the state, Brigadier George Innih, now a retired Major General, who ceded a portion of the temporary site of Kwara State College of Technology to her. In October, 1977, the institution attained full autonomous status and has since developed by leaps and bounds. It has extended it’s expansion and development programmes to the main campus of the university, about eight kilometers east of Ilorin city. The main campus currently houses the faculties of Science, Engineering and Technology, Agriculture, The preclinical arm of the faculty of Health science, The Unilorin sugar research institute, The Post Graduate School, The central administration Building and works department. The mini – campus presently house the faculties of Arts, Business and Social Science, Education and Health Sciences (Clinical). Yielding project such as The Unilorin Bookshops, The Bakery, The Printing Press, The Petrol Station and The Guest Houses are also housed on the mini – campus.
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
ESTATE: Is a legal entity denoting the character and quantity of right that an individual or individuals possessing in property.
It is also a large area of land which is owned by a family or an organization. It includes any interest in a landed property which give risk to a measure of control.
MANAGEMENT: Management according to Follel (2000) defined management as the act of getting thing done through the skills and talent of people. In other hand, it can be define as the act of planning, organizing, leading and controlling the effort of organizational members and using all materials resources to have the organization state objectives.
INSTITUTIONAL
It refers to the complex norms regulating the actions of persons in the process of social interaction.
PLANNING
Planning depends on forecasting for getting it’s objectives right and ensuring that the means for achieving them are available, it is the future and discovers alternative courses of action open to them.
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
This is the process of supervision and direction of an interest in landed with the aims of securing optimum return which may be financed or in form of prestige, social, benefit status, political power etc.
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