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An Assessment Of Housing Demand And Supply
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The time of housing process would not allow the housing supply to meet
the housing demand as a result of increase in urban population compared
with the time period it would take for housing delivery to be taken
place into the housing market for the consumption.
Housing takes long
time to construct and cannot easily be made ready for consumption if
there are changes in demand. There is need for proper understanding of
the nature and complexity of housing production for the purpose of
solving these problems.
In these places, housing prices can often be
lower than the cost of new construction, because of the abundant supply.
Many attempts have being made both by individual and government through
various programs in solving housing problem in Nigerian urban centres.
Anyigba
has gradually emerged as the social and commercial headquarters of the
eastern senatorial district of kogi state which is the homeland of the
igalas (mainly) and the bassas. The town has earned this status through a
combination of vantage central location within the senatorial district
and socio-economic activities in more recent years away from the
cultural influence of idah, the seat of traditional leadership of the
igalas (attah of igala). The status of Anyigba town was further boosted
in year 2000 with the establishment of a university i.e. (kogi state
university) within the town, this in turn has affected the type of land
use in the area under study. As at the year 2001, the major land use in
Anyigba was mainly residential (63.28% of the total land area) inclusive
of the residential quarters in the university. The population of
Anyigba has increased to about 40.764 as at the year 2001 contrary to
the estimated population figure of the town by the town planning
development board in their master plan for Anyigba from 1974-2005. As a
result of the establishment of the university (mainly) and because
people have migrated to Anyigba to benefit of it’s commercial,
administrative, economic functions etc. The establishment of the
university has encouraged migration of people to Anyigba Town. Many
people have migrated from different parts of the state (kogi) especially
students and from all over the country. Some of these people have come
from as far as kaduna, maiduguri, lagos, gombe etc. to benefit from the
educational functional of Anyigba. This coupled with the migration of
people for some other purposes residential in cases of retirement etc.
has led to a dramatic increase in the population of Anyigba Town. It is
worthy of note that as these people come to Anyigba from their different
places and for different purposes, these is a need for their commercial
needs to be met. These people need markets from within Anyigba where
they could purchase their needs. Anyigba hitherto does not provide a
satisfactory commercial function; people have to travel most times, long
distances before they could purchase some items for themselves. This
ought not to be so; people need markets from within Anyigba rather than
travelling to far places for their commercial activities. For example,
one would have to travel to a place like lokoja before you can get items
like cartographic pens or even textbooks. Although Anyigba serves as a
market (central place) in the region, it does not adequately satisfy the
commercial needs of its inhabitants mainly because the kind of goods
purchased by the nearby villages are somehow different from those
purchased by inhabitants. Examples of such goods are palm oil, fruits
etc. for the region for the inhabitants, goods like materials, books and
goods for everyday use are needed. But for the inhabitants, it does not
adequately and satisfactorily provide its commercial functions in terms
of availability and quality.
1.2 Statement of the problem
Housing
has been a concern of individual, families, group and government since
the dawn of urban civilization. This problem has often been associated
to land acquisition problem, low income of the individual, high cost of
building materials, statutory regulation, non use of local building
materials etc. It is usually a situation of either the government has
failed in meeting up with its obligations or that the individuals had
remained for some times incapacitated to be able to break through
various bureaucracies in land acquisition procedure. One of the greatest
problems in the world today is that of provision of shelter. It is on
this backdrop that the researcher intends to investigate the short fall
in housing supply
1.3 Objectives of study
The main aim of the study is assessment of housing demand and supply in Anyigba.
(i) To ascertain the commercial nature of Anyigba and the commercial land use of the town.
(ii) To ascertain ways of improving the commercial infrastructure of housing in Anyigba.
(iii) To examine the historical basis of the commercial nature of housing Anyigba.
(iv) To ascertain the relationship between housing demand and supply in Anyingba
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