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Author: search.filters.author.Ayoola Adeyosoye BabatundeEnd date: 2017

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    Property Tax as a Tool for Effective and Sustainable Development (A Case Study of Minna Metropolis)
    (The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Niger State Branch, 2008) Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde; Adeogun Adekunle Sunday
    The property tax is an important source of revenue for state and local governments. On average, property taxes account for about 75% of state and local government tax revenues in the Unites States. These revenues are used to fund education, police and fire protection and other government services (Charles T. Floyd and Marcus, T. Allen, 2005). In a research conducted in Minna East and Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State, out of 150 people sampled about 35 people are aware of property rating which is a reliable source of local government finance. The remaining 115 people are ignorant of what property rating is all about. Also, at the State Inland Revenue office in Minna, only few property based taxes are in operation and collectible by this state constituted authority. The reason for this could be attributed to political, socio and economic problems associated with tax administration in the state. This paper emphasized the need to engage the services of estate surveyors and valuers as well as State Inland Revenue offices in our rating departments comprehensive enabling Edict, vigorous enlightenment campaigns, placing checks on multiplicity of rates and judicious use of tax should be juxtaposed with the provision of amenities and infrastructures among others. The paper concludes that, political will on the part of our government will in no small measure address the identified problems associated with property tax administration in the state.
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    Building a Modern Land Administration System in Nigeria
    (School of Environmental Technology Federal University of Technology Main Campus, Gidan Kwano, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, 2016) Kemiki Olurotimi Adebowale; Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde; Kuma Shien Stephen; Ojetunde Ismail; Fabunmi Foluke Olanike
    Land administration is a significant framework for the management of any nation’s pool of resources and has remained one of the most chatted discourses among urban issues in many developing countries. This paper examines the issues in land administration in Nigeria and other developing countries, looking at the various administrative and legal frameworks in place for an efficient land delivery system. The land administration system in Nigeria is plaque by challenges spanning from policy, institutional and legal frameworks to technical and operational issues which have direct impact on implementation. These challenges emanated from some of the import ideologies that adjustments could not be made upon. The study recommends the reform of policies and the creation of a local integrated land administration system model (LAS) that will accommodate our country peculiarities. Also the development and sustenance of an ICT based professionals and infrastructure that will enhance efficiency in the land information system.
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    Impact of a Tertiary Institution on the Infrastructure Development of the Host Community
    (School of Environmental Technology Federal University of Technology Main Campus, Gidan Kwano, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, 2016) Kemiki Olurotimi Adebowale; Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde; Idowu Olusegun
    Federal university of Technology, Minna developed its main campus in Gidan-Kwano and started operation in 2005. This work examines the impact of university on the host community. Landsat imageries were used to monitor spatial growth in Gidan-Kwano between year 2005 and 2015. Ground survey data were collected from Federal university of Technology, Minna, Estate Agents, Property developers, Power Holding Company of Nigeria and Ministry of Lands and Housing. ILWIS was used to analyse the satellite imageries while Analyze-it was used for the analysis of the ground survey data. Findings revealed that residential land use which stood at 8.87% of the total land use in 2005 has now grown to 25.19% in 2015. There are other infrastructures attracted to the area during period under review. However, the growth has been marked with problems of uncoordinated development and inadequate infrastructure. The ever increasing population of the university will continue to attract physical development and if the growing development is not coordinated by enacting master plan, there will be chaotic and haphazard development. The study has revealed the spillover effects of locating university. It has also unfolded the pending danger of uncontrolled development. A comprehensive master plan should be developed for the community.
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    Access to Urban Land in Abuja and Minna: Challenges and way forward
    (Department of Science Education, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, 2012) Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde; Ighalo James I
    This study attempts to examine the challenges to land accessibility for urban development using some selected districts in Federal Capital City (FCC), Abuja and neighborhoods in Minna of Nigeria as case study areas. The primary method of data collection employed the distribution of questionnaires to individual land owners, property developers or plot allottees and people who do not own land. Chi - Square test and Likert Scale are statistical tools employed. Findings revealed that in FCC, 43% of the respondents own land while 57% do not own land. 66% of the land owners have developed their lands while 34% have not. In Minna, 61% of the respondents own land while 39% do not own land. About 67.8% of the land owners have developed their lands while 32.2 % of the land owners are yet to develop their lands. In FCC, lack of funds and potable water are the reasons why land owners are yet to develop their lands while inadequate funds is the major reason why respondents did not own lands. In Minna, lack of fund, electricity, access to land and shanty structures around undeveloped plots are the reasons why land owners are yet to develop their lands while inadequate funds and lack of interest are the major reasons why respondents do not own land. The study revealed that there is a significant relationship between the level of income of respondents and land ownership in FCC and Minna. The paper suggests among others that government should ensure payment of appropriate minimum wages, reduction to minimum of various fees paid on allocation and perfection of land titles as well as ensuring safety of lives and properties of the people with the view to accelerating urban development within the study areas.
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    Factors Influencing the use of Information and Communication Technology in Real Estate Practice in Minna
    (Faculty of Environmental Technology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, Nigeria, 2015) Adeyemo Afeez Adewunmi; Kemiki Olurotimi Adebowale; Adama Unekwu Jonathan; Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde
    The study explored motivating factors influencing the use of ICT in Minna. The target population were registered Estate Surveyors and Valuers domiciled and operating within the Minna property market. The respondents were extracted from the 2011 NIESV membership Directory. Survey data from 15 estate firms were collected to analyze the vital motivating factors influencing the use of ICT in real estate practice. A five point Likert scale was used to examine their opinions and spearman rank correlation was used to test if there is any relationship between internal and external motivating factors. The result indicated that increased productivity of staff, enhanced quality of customer services, knowledge sharing factor, information accessibility, improved decision making and time saving are the most influencing motivating factors while competitors' pressure, availability of ICT infrastructure, management and business size, reduced overall cost are less influencing motivating factors. The study further revealed that internal motivating factors strengthened the use of ICT in their domain. There is negative correlation between the internal and external motivating factors. Niger state branch of NIESV and ESVARBON should recommend the use of ICT to all estate firms and estate surveyors and valuers. Also, the work concludes by recommending further conduct of comprehensive indigenous research and development (R&D) in ICT driven real estate practice in Minna by liaison with various educational institutions offering estate management in their domain in order to be abreast of global best practices.
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    Cadastral Information System for M.I. Wushishi Housing Estate
    (International Institute for Science, Technology and Education, United States of America, 2015) Kemiki Olurotimi Adebowale; Odumosu Joseph Olayemi; Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde; Popoola Naomi Ijadunola
    This study presents the possibilities for efficient implementation of a Cadastral Information System for M. I. Wushishi Estate in a GIS environment. Logical and Physical models for the Cadastral Information System were built and utilized in the creation of the Cadastral Information System using an Entity relationship model.
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    The Impact of Noise and Dust Level on Rental Price of Residential Tenements around Lafarge Cement Factory in Ewekoro Town, Nigeria
    (Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, 2014) Kemiki Olurotimi Adebowale; Ojetunde Ismail; Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde
    This study employed hedonic pricing model to investigate the impact of noise and dust spewed from a cement factory on a sample of 126 tenements from 11 residential settlements within Ewekoro local housing market in Nigeria. Market-wide hedonic model for all the 126 tenements within 5.5km of the cement factory) was estimated. In addition, two separate unrestricted hedonic models were also estimated (the first consisting of 38 tenements within 2.5km of the factory and the other comprising 88 tenements located between 2.5km to 5.5km of the factory). The hedonic models which take the doublelog functional form were estimated with house rent (a proxy for house price) as the dependent variable. Generally, the results of the market-wide model revealed that, dust level and noise, which are negative externalities from the cement factory dampen rent by 21.90% (N 13815) and 1.49% (N 24.80) respectively within the study area. Findings from the unrestricted models further signify that tenement rents tend to decrease with increasing distance to Lafarge cement factory due to severity of dust and noise. As panacea to this problem it is recommended that government should provide policy response - the introduction of effluent fees which would force the cement and other manufacturing companies to internalize their externalities by paying for noise and dust pollution. The basic objective of such policy response is for manufacturing companies to move to the use of energy efficient and eco-friendly plants that generate less noise and dust in their production operations. On the other, the cement company should also imbibe Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as part of its efforts in providing a sustainable living environment for the residents in Ewekoro town.