TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Research establishments
The roles of research establishments
Housing problems in
Research establishments and housing provision in
Problems militating against the use of applied result
Recommendations
Conclusion
References
INTRODUCTION
Shelter is regarded as one of the basic needs of human being. Despite its importance, majority of the populace finds it difficult to acquire, or own a house of their own due to the cost. And most importantly, the low income capacity of the masses. Housing has been a very disturbing component in the social and economic quality of any developing nation. The situation in
Owing to developing any country or nation, the tradition of ascertaining the fact on any issue is done through proper study and fact findings, which can otherwise be called research. There are many institute of research which focuses on certain sector or field. Most of these research institutes are established by the government to serve as its eye to be able to monitor developments in the nation, and know the level and acceptability of developments.
RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT
There are chains of research establishments that are set up by the government to help in nation building. Such research establishments are FIIRO, NISER, etc other research are carried out by individuals may be through assignments in tertiary institutions, or self sponsored/self willing or through corporate organizations. These research establishments by the government are designed for a particular field or sector.
There have been several researches carried out to help in housing provisions that is on the statistics of houses that was provided in the past, how many people were able to get those houses provided, either directly or indirectly and so on. And also there are researchers carried out on building materials, and so many that were not even looked into.
THE ROLES OF RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS
Some of the roles of research establishment is to, through research contributes directly or indirectly to economic progress and to the quality of life. It performs the role of an active change agent. It helps to transform the production of goods and services. Also, it acts as catalyst in the transfer of knowledge to industry and government.
HOUSING PROBLEMS IN
According to (Alabi, 2009), the problem of housing varies from one country to the other. Some countries tackled the problem in a pragmatic manner whilst others have shy away from the problem. In
He also stated that the rate of change over from a world of rural people to that of city dwellers coupled with sudden increase in national earnings brought about a higher taste for standards. According to him, housing which is often defined as a multidimensional bundle of services is also a bundle of contradictious and paradoxes.
Nigeria, like many other countries is confronted with both qualitative and quantitative housing problems, which is due to a combination of social, economic, demographic and technological factors, which have resulted in an increase in demand that cannot be matched by supply (Alabi, 2009).
RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT AND HOUSING PROVISION IN
Due to the nature, vision and mission of research institutes, it is imperative to know that the prospect of housing provision in Nigeria can only come alive through the research, couple with other sectors that should be involved. The research institutes such as Nigerians Institutes of Social and Economic Research,
The rate of housing demand in
Most of the research in the past as regard to housing provision is majorly from the academic institutions. It is very disappointing there has been no specified research institutes devoted to housing provision except for those that are charged to look into housing indirectly such as NBRRI.
It is believed that the rate at which the cost of housing provision is increasing need to be curtailed to enable easy mass production and at low rates of housing for the masses.
This gave birth to the establishment of organizations like building material producers Association of Nigeria and the
The BUMPAN was built around two key stakeholders, the Federal Ministry of Industry and the
- Identify location of local materials available for the manufacturer of building components and explore their effective utilization for building construction with a view to achieving reduction in cost to meet the target price and make housing affordable to majority of Nigerians.
- Identify building materials technology source, processing, processing and uses in Nigeria as well as building materials classification and associated small and medium scales by products,
- Make suggestions for the promotion of small and medium scale industries to face the challenges of the envisaged mass production of houses.
- Identify problems associated with accessing loanable funds from SMIEIS by small and medium scale industries and proffer solutions;
- Work out modalities for the popularization and transfer of production and construction techniques from research to the real estate developers and others users to ensure continuous availability of locally sourced and cheaper building materials to service the mass production under the new urban development and housing policy (2002).
- Mobilize and sensitize stakeholders and the general public on the funding and investment opportunities in the building materials industry, availability of local raw materials technology and manufacturing processes. (Aguluka, 2003).
The work was divided into two, but the NBRRI was charge with the available technology, sourcing processing and use. NBRRI provided information on; list of organizations involved in the production of various types of building materials, outlay of clay brick industries in
Thus, the NBRRI developed materials for flooring, walling and roofing. It has equally identified its research products which are amendable to industrial production and suitable to meet
PROBLEMS MILITATING AGAINST THE USE OF APPLIED RESULTS
Prior to independence, cement was neither in high demand nor in wide use. Burnt bricks had its virtues as exemplified by the many colonial architectural buildings built of burnt bricks and still structurally sound as found in the older part of
Houses built with cement have become the status symbol of an accomplished person in the
RECOMMENDATIONS
According to Agbola (2006), the association (BUMPAN) must liase with all professional bodies such as, Nigerian
The research and developments must be embarking on using some of the tertiary as complements to NBRRI. These institutions should be funded by international agencies and NGO’s who are only willing to be partners in such endeavours provide the association is transparent and accountable (Agbola, 2006).
CONCLUSION
In view of the importance Research establishments and achievements so far, there should be full support of every association connected with housing provision to make headway. There is also need for more research works to be carried out on domestic building materials and on even new ones. All research institutions such as NBRRI should be adequately mobilized in this regard.
REFERENCES
Agbola Tunde (2006): “Production of
Alabi, O. T (2009): “The Roles of non-governmental organizations in Housing Delivery in Nigeria, Journal of Estate Surveying Research, Volume 1 Number 2, 2009.
Goggle.com 6-04 -2010, “The Research Establishment in
REFERENCES
A Lecture on Nigerian Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Challenges and Prospect. A paper presented by Union Homes REITS.
Oyebanji A. O (2003), Principles of Land Use Economic
Real Estate Investment Trusts: The Future for property investment from http://www.research @thealitheia.com, March 27, 2009.
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