INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF LAND BASED AGENCIES AND THE PRACTICE OF GOOD URBAN GOVERNANCE IN MINNA, NIGER STATE

Abstract

Land based agencies in Minna are mainly government owned and is established by edicts primarily to provide services at the state and local levels. Their existences are partly responsive to the requirement of the government for a tripartite level of service provision for the citizenry. This paper suggest ways that will make the land based agencies more effective in services provision in response to good urban government practice. It examines the stipulated functions of the selected agencies against the real impact of their service. Type A and Type B questionnaires were administered to the selected agencies and households respectively. Stratified random sampling technique was employed using the wards in the study area as strain to obtain information on households access to the services provided by the agencies a well a their assessment of the services provided. Descriptive analysis was employed in the analysis using SPSS package to cross tabulate some variables and inferences drawn. This paper reveals functional overlaps resulting in the duplication of functions among the agencies. Also, it revealed the cause of the haphazard state of the study area. These revelations suggests improvements in the operations of the agencies for more effective service delivery to the people in the state. Finally, this study made recommendations like redefining the edicts and functions of the course, enlightening the citizenry the more on the need to observe due process and the long term benefits of doing things right, etc for an effective and improved service delivery in the citizenry.