International Journal of Administration and Governance

International Journal of Administration and Governance, 1(4) Special 2015, Pages: 134-137
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Hypothetical Framework for Incorporating Land Administrative Paradigm to
Enhance Housing Affordability in Abuja
1Ahmed
Abdullahi Alhasan, 2Yakubu Aminu Dodo, 3Adama Ahmed Abdullahi and 4Ibrahim Sipan
1
Deparetment of Estate management, Federal Polytechnic PMB 01 Nasarawa, Nigeria
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Johor-Bahru, Malaysia
Registry Deparetment, Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, Nigeria
4
Centre for Real Estate, Faculty of Geo-information & Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Johor-Bahru, Malaysia
2
3
ARTICLE INFO
Article history:
Received 23 Feb 2015
Accepted 6 March 2015
Available online 28 March 2015
Keywords:
Land
Administration,
Paradigm,
Housing Affordability, Sustainability,
Abuja
ABSTRACT
Background: Housing is a basic necessity to which we should all have access. It is a
fundamental product for every human being irrespective of financial standing. It is
obvious why the question on housing should be raised. It is also important to note that
housing stands as one of man’s greatest needs and is associated with numerous
challenges. Objective: To enhance housing Affordability in Abuja a critical literature
review and analysis of two existing model; Results: shows how existing land
administration system and land administrative paradigm could be combined to enhance
housing affordability which incorporate four global drivers of change; Globalisation,
Technology, Sustainable development and Micro-economic reform as a benchmark for
the entire system Conclusion: The frame work proposed can be used by policy makers
and other allied professionals in the built environment in Abuja to enhance housing
affordability.
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To Cite This Article: Ahmed Abdullahi Alhasan, Yakubu Aminu Dodo, Adama Ahmed Abdullahi and Ibrahim Sipan, Hypothetical
Framework for Incorporating Land Administrative Paradigm to Enhance Housing Affordability in Abuja. Int. J. Adm. Gov., 1(4), 134-137,
2015
INTRODUCTION
An important government activity of all nation states is building and maintaining a land administration
infrastructure. This includes cadastral surveys to identify and subdivide land, land registry systems to support
simple land trading (buying, selling, mortgaging, and leasing land) and land information systems to facilitate
access to the relevant information increasingly through an internet enabled e-government environment. For most
countries a cadastre is at the core of the land administration system (LAS) providing spatial integrity and unique
land parcel identification in support of security of tenure and effective land markets. For many cadastral and
land administration officials and for much of society, these are the primary, and in many cases the only roles of
the cadastre and land administration system. However the potential and role of the cadastre and land
administration system has rapidly expanded over the last couple of decades.
Backgrounds to the study:
Housing is a basic necessity to which we should all have access. It is a fundamental product for every
human being irrespective of financial standing. According to [1], he theorizes that the hang-ups faced in
providing shelter for the people may result in social and economic challenges, and can in turn bring about
further huddles in achieving suitable and affordable housing. Housing is not only a basic necessity of life;
however it has a profound and universal impact on many aspects of human lives. Housing is the principal setting
of personal, family, and community life. Usually, spending in housing is the largest element of most
households’ budgets and the influence not only the kind of housing, but also how much households have left for
other necessities Stone, [2]. For so many years, Nigeria has been experiencing rapid economic growth especially
in major cities of the country, such as Abuja, Lagos and Kano to mention but few. With the fast economic
growth, it has cause the rapid development in the real estate market and also increases the migration, size of
population, and the level of income [3]. All of these growths have much contributed to housing market and also
Corresponding Author: Dodo Yakubu Aminu Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 81310 Skudai Johor Malaysia.
Tel: +60166486703 E-mail: dyaaminu@yahoo.com
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increase the demand for housing. Even though, the Government of Nigeria again reviewed the policy in 2004
with the aim of ensuring that every citizens of the country could own at least a decent, safe and healthy housing
at a reasonable price.
A. Housing Affordability issues in Nigeria:
Housing affordability as a term elicits the connection between household income and household spending
on housing costs [4]. Research has shown that there has been a declining housing affordability in many housing
sector in the world, particularly in major cities of many countries which Nigeria was not left out. Though, it has
been noticed that many reasons can be adduced for the shortfall in affordable housing [5]. According to [6]
housing is arguably the most extensively debated topic in any cosmopolitan nation. Effective Housing therefore
has become pre-requisite required to motivate man to reach his potentials and to actualize himself in his
environment, and by implication contribute to the growth of global economy [7]. It is obvious why the question
on housing should be raised. It is also important to note that housing stands as one of man’s greatest needs and
is associated with numerous challenges. A vibrant housing sector becomes a veritable yardstick with which to
account for national investment, and to a very large extent prepares society for social and economic
development. [7] as it were, said that it is necessary to embrace the components of a dwelling that make for a
house.
Fig. 1: Proposed Housing Affordability Framework for Public Servants [8]
B. Land Administrative Paradigm:
Land Management includes all activities associated with the management of land and natural resources that
are required to fulfill political objectives and achieve sustainable development. Land Administration Systems
(LAS) provide the infrastructure for implementing land policies and land management strategies in support of
sustainable development [9] administration polices and models adopted by governments, with an obvious flow
on to the private sector. These models and concepts can only be developed with a clear understanding of current
land administration issues and trends. By its very nature, land administration focuses on land tenure and
cadastral (land parcel related) issues. The land administration perspective includes understanding the changing
humankind-land relationship, land tenure issues such as native title, institutional and administrative issues such
as the relationship between infrastructures and the business systems they support [10].
Method:
The method used in this paper is through a critical literature review and analysis of two existing models
figure one proposed housing affordability framework for public servants [8] figure two understanding the land
management paradigm [11] to come up with a new model as shown in figure 3.
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Fig. 2: Understanding the land management paradigm [11].
RESULT AND DISCUSIONS
Based on the proposed framework for incorporating land administrative paradigm to enhance housing
affordability in Abuja a proposed framework was established which is based on four global drivers of change;
Globalisation, Technology, sustainable development and Micro-economic reform as a benchmark for the entire
system which are explain below.
Fig. 3: The proposed hypothetical framework for Incorporating Land Administrative Paradigm and Housing
Affordability in Abuja.
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Conclusion:
This paper conclude by proposing a framework that shows how Existing Land Administration System and
Land Administrative Paradigm could be combined come up with a model that can enhance housing affordability
which incorporate four global drivers of change; Globalisation, Technology, sustainable development and
Micro-economic reform as a benchmark for the entire system
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors would like to acknowledge and thank Dr. Jibril Danazimi Jibril and Suleiman Aliyu Shika of
the Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia for their
advice on this paper.
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