Adeshola ERINLE
At the
2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY THE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS STUDIES, LAGOS STATE POLYTECHNIC ISOLO CAMPUS, LAGOS.
Since the attainment of political independence in 1960, there has been uneven concentration of Government efforts and resources on the development of urban centres with near-total neglect of the rural communities, which unfortunately inhabit over sixty five per cent of Nigeria citizens.
However, the paper is to ensure that this segment of the population has access to housing, which is meant to provide shelter and security, also considered a
needs, lack of control over resources, lack of education and skill, poor health, malnutrition, lack of shelter, poor access to water and sanitation, vulnerability to shocks, violence and crime, lack of
Rural
employed and income generating opportunities due to the absence of commercial and industrial facilities or lack of the necessary resources to establish them.
Rural Electrification Schemes, Credit Schemes to small holders such as Agricultural and Cooperative Development Bank, Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructure (DFRRI), National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Better Life for Rural Women Programme Family Support Programme (FSP). National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) small and Medium Industries Equity Investment Scheme (SMIEIS).
In other words, constraints to poverty reduction measures can be overcome through strong political
housing is government supported accommodation for people with low to moderate incomes. Social housing could also be rental housing, owned and managed
Non-profit Housing
particularly in the rural areas such as women, single mothers, the elderly, widows and widowers, the physically challenged, the homeless, and a critical mass of the citizens who fall into this group;
reduce
A new thinking in the direction of social housing will be a viable strategy for rural development in Nigeria. It will also help in employment generation, reduce poverty, reverse rural-urban migration and create