LANDLORD AND TENANT RELATIONSHIP IN THE MANAGEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN NASARAWA, NASARAWA TOWN

LANDLORD AND TENANT RELATIONSHIP IN THE MANAGEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN NASARAWA, NASARAWA TOWN

 CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

For a competent management of residential properties, the study of landlord and tenant relationship cannot be prominence.

The parties are both created by a lease which could be brought about a negotiation for a lease.

The motives of developing residential properties in Nasarawa town depends on the type of relationship which exist between both landlord and tenant in residential properties transaction with the invested capital.

The landlord does not take into consideration certain housing constraints that affect development. All they are after is a financial return at the short run. This is because the leasing market does not take into consideration the tremendous growth of the population few years back. As to this, the tenants are been force to occupy even houses that have no standard quality and lack maintenance which are also affected by obsolescence. Thus, which affect the owner and the user of this property.

Furthermore, this project will consider the relationship between the landlord and the tenant in Nasarawa town and their attitude towards the property.

1.2 AIM AND OBJECTIVES

The aim and objectives of this program is to examine the relationship between the landlords and tenants in the management of residential properties in Nasarawa town.

In order to achieve the above aim, the following objectives will be considered.

1. To review relevant literature on landlords and tenants
2. To examine the extent to which the landlords-tenants obligations are observed in the management of residential properties in Nasarawa.
3. To proffer useful recommendations that will help in enhancing the relationship
4. To critically examine the effectiveness of the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants as it concern residential properties in Nasarawa.

1.3 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF STUDY

The scope of the study is limited to landlords and tenants relationship in the management of residential properties in Nasarawa.

Looking at tenants’ relationship in the management of residential properties in Nasarawa, factors initiated against the effectiveness of the project, which among them are finance and accessibility e.t.c.

The attitude of the inhabitants of Nasarawa is also a limiting factor as most of them have the believe that we are tax or revenue collectors and so any time we try to question them, the response are negative all through.

1.4 HISTORY OF THE STUDY AREA

The name was given to this settlement the victorious islamization war fought (Jihad).

Nasarawa is a town founded in 1835 by MakamaDogo. I enquired that there was a dispute that empted between him and MadakiJibril over who was to ascend the thrown of Keffi emirate, consequently he (MakamaDogo) and his followers to form his own world/district, settlement.

Nasarawa became a local government and administering headquarter in 1976 where it was created out of the then Keffi Local government.

The major ethnic groups found in Nasarawa are the Hausa, Afo, Gwari, Gbagi and Gwandara.

LOCATION

Nasarawa is located approximately on longitude 80⁰ and latitude 85⁰Ni.e. the geographical location.

The Nasarawa local government is an important agricultural area.

Nasarawa town has a number of regional facilities such as a federal polytechnic, Government College, government secondary school and besides, the district veterinary office and other institutes like the new open e-library along Shagari road.

Nasarawa estimate population as over 14,000,000 people, it is the main service center for rural district of approximately over 300,000 persons. The total land area covered by the local government area is 9,154sq.km.

CLIMATE

Nasarawa is generally made up of two seasons which are:

1. The wet or rainy season beginning from mid-April to October.
2. The dry season, without or with little rainfall from November to March.

In Nasarawa the annual rainfall is 1,300mm, highest temperature tends to occur at the end of the dry season close to the spring equinox.

Thus, March has the highest temperature.

Clear sky and longer nights.

The wind direction is dominated by the season movement of the inter tropical convergence zone which represent the moving frontier between most plateau air from south and the dry from the Sahara. In winter (from September to April) winds are north eastern harmattan for the remainder of the year.

VEGETATION

The common trees found in Nasarawa is the locus beam tree, isobar lime trees etc. Large parts of the vegetation are crops and pasture land. The most important crops are yam, sorghum, guinea corn, cassava, egusi, water melon etc.