EVALUATING LAND TITLING AS A TOOL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION IN IBADAN NORTH EAST LGA

Abstract

The provision of infrastructural facilities is an economic tool that is expected to spur regional physical development. However, in Nigeria infrastructural facilities, where it is provided has not been linked to increase in physical development since there is no tool connect the infrastructure being provided with the change in physical development. This study examines the use of land title which is document required for legal ownership to finance the provision of infrastructure in Ibadan North East Local Government of Oyo state. Primary data were sourced from the residents to ascertain the status of the infrastructure and type of title on the residential property in the study area. The results revealed that while 75.2% of the residents have a right of occupancy, they anova conducted indicated that with the significance of 0.487 which is more than the accepted level of 0.05, acquisition of title or residential property is not related to the status of infrastructure in the location of the residential properties in the study area. It was therefore recommended that effort should be made by the local council to harness the economic potential in the documentation of property within their jurisdiction through land titling