Analysis of Residents' Satisfaction in Abuja Residential Police Barracks, Nigeria

Abstract

Housing ranks only after food in the order of man’s needs, it transcends just the supply of houses, but also the provision and access to supporting community facilities. The aim of this research is to examine residents’ perception of satisfaction with regards to Police Barracks’ Housing Condition in Abuja, with the following objectives, to: assess the Condition of Housing in the selected Police Barracks; and examine the residents’ satisfaction with dwelling components of the Police Barracks. Stratified random sampling method was employed to determine the particular police barracks for sampling while, simple random sampling was employed to determine the households for sampling. Respondents’ satisfaction levels show that in Garki Barracks 52.4% were dissatisfied, 27% were just satisfied, 19% indicated satisfaction for the electrical component of their dwelling; In Nyanya Barracks, 10.2% were very dissatisfied 42.4% were dissatisfied, 42.4% were just satisfied while 3.4% were satisfied while in MD Abubakar Barracks, 3.2% were very dissatisfied 46.5% were dissatisfied, 8% were just satisfied and 76.2% of the respondents were satisfied while 7% were very satisfied. The research established through empirical study that Resident Police Officers are generally dissatisfied with the Housing in Barracks in Abuja, also by comparative analysis satisfaction levels of building, neighbourhood and management components of the three barracks it established a significant relationship between the satisfactions levels of these components across the three barracks studied. This study analysed Residents’ Satisfaction of Residential Buildings in Police Barracks in Abuja, Nigeria by employing variables of building, neighbourhood and management components which determine Resident Satisfaction in Police Barracks. The findings of this research show that these variables affect residents’ satisfaction therefore establishing previous studies in Housing Satisfaction in Nigeria.