4 - Residents’ Perceptions of Property Rating in a Traditional African City
Corresponding Author(s) : Abel Afon
Africa Development,
Vol. 38 No. 3-4 (2013): Africa Development
Abstract
The success of any revenue generation drive by government depends on the support shown by an area’s residents. This in turn depends on the latter’s perceptions of the revenue. This study examines the influence of residents’ perceptions of a property tax in the different residential districts of Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. Two of the ten political wards representing the three identifiable residential districts in the city were sampled. Two hundred and thirty-one occupants of dwellings were sampled, using the systematic random technique. The study identified that although variations exist in the socio- economic status of residents in the different residential districts, there was not much significant difference in the perceptions held of the tax. While residents’ level of awareness of the existence of the tax and the proportion of residents that had once paid the tax increased from the core residential area to the suburban, an inverse proportion of residents supported the justification for its imposition. The study concluded that the tax should be portrayed as charges on services provided and that the residents’ present negative perceptions of the tax would change if services are provided to meet minimal residents’ satisfaction.
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Afon, A.O., 1998b: ‘Master Plan Preparation: A Theoretical Framework of the Factor of Residents’ Perception Data’, in Ilesanmi, F. A., ed., Master Planning Approach to Physical Development: The Nigerian Experience, Yola, Nigeria; Paraclete Publishers, 66-74.
Akinbola, A., 2004, ‘An Assessment of the Effects of Urban Growth incursion into Rural Lands in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria’, M. Sc. Thesis, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Akorede, V. E. A., 1975, ‘Ilorin - A Study of Urban Geography’, M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Lagos Nigeria.
Asaju, A. S., 2003, ‘Fiscal Federalism, Local Government Finance and Property Tax in Nigeria’, in Omirin, M., Nubi, M., Gbenga, T. and Fawenhinmi, S. A., eds., Land Management and Property Tax Reform in Nigeria, Proceedings of a National Workshop Organized by the Department of Estate Management, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
Balchin, P. N and Kieve, J. L., 1988, Urban Land Economics, London, Macmillan, 106-110.
Bello-Imam, I. B., 1990, ‘Introduction’, in Bellow-Imam, I. B., ed., Local Government Finance in Nigeria, Ibadan. NISER, 1-22.
Bello-Imam, I. B., 1996, Local Government in Nigeria: Evolving a Third Tier of Government, Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books.
Burgess, E. W., 1925, ‘The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project’, Publication of the American Sociological Society, No. 18, 88-97.
Chokor, B. A., 1985, ‘Environmental Awareness and Effective Environmental Pollution Control’, in Sada, P. O. and Odermarho, F. O., eds., Environmental Issues and Management in Nigerian Development, Ibadan, Evan Brothers, 325-338.
Egunjobi, L., 1987, ‘Disparities in Access to Urban Water Supply: A Study of Two Neighbourhoods in Ibadan’, in Makinwa, P. K. and Ozo, O. A., ed., The Urban Poor in Nigeria, Ibadan, Evans Brothers (Nigerian Publisher Ltd),183-206.
Gana, G. N., 1996, ‘A Comparative Analysis of Development Control Implementation in Minna and Bida, Niger State’, PhD Dissertation, Department of Geography, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
Gboyega, Alex, 1990, ‘Property Rate’, in Bello Imam, I. B., ed., Local Government Finance in Nigeria, Ibadan NISER, 78-96.
Golledge, R. G., 1975, An Introduction to Scientific Reasoning in Geography, John Wiley, London.
Godchild, B., 1974, ‘Class Differences in Environmental Perceptions’, Urban Studies II, 157-355.
Harris, C. D. and Ullman, E., 1945, ‘The Nature of Cities’, Annals of the American Academy of Social and Political Science, Vol. 242, 53-69.
Herbert, D. T. and Johnston, R. J., 1978, ‘Social Area as Sampling Framework of Social Surveys’, Town Planning Review, Vol. 45, No. 1, 171-188.
Hoyt, H., 1939, The Structure and Growth of Residential Neighbourhoods in American Cities, Washington D.C.
Jackson, P. W., 1976, Local Government, London, Butterworth, 242-276. Johnson, S., 1921, The Story of the Yorubas, Lagos, C.S.S. Bookshop.
Lawal, M. I., 2000, Estate Development Practice in Nigeria, Lagos, ILCO Books. Lynch, K., 1977, ‘The Image of the City’, in Lowennstain, L. K., ed., Urban Studies: An Introductory Reader, London, The Free Press, 352-371.
Mabogunje, A. L., 1962, ‘The Growth of Residential Districts in Ibadan’, Geographical Review, Vol.52, No.1, 56-77.
Mabogunje, A. L., 1968, Urbanization in Nigeria, London, University of London Press, 235-236.
Nigeria, Federal Republic of, 1999, The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Lagos, Federal Government Press.
Nigeria, Federal Republic of, 2001, Good Urban Governance in Nigeria, Abuja, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.
Oherein, T., 2004, ‘Spatial Variation in Urban Water Supply as a Determinant of Women’s Activity Patterns in Benin City, Nigeria’, B.Sc. Project, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Okewole, I. A., 1977, ‘An Approach to Integration between the Traditional and Contemporary Areas in Ogbomoso’, M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Olowu, D., 1987, ‘Prospects for Property Rates as an additional revenue source for Nigerian Local Government’, Research for Development, Vol. 4, No. 2, 305-322.
Onibokun, A. G., 1997, ‘Governance and Urban Poverty in Anglophone West Africa’, in Swilling, M., ed., Governing African Cities, Johannesburg, Witwatersrand University Press, 67-87.
Onokerhoraye,A.G.,1977,‘TheSpatialPatternofResidentialDistrictsinBenin Nigeria’, Urban Studies, No. 14, 201-302.
Orewa, G. O., 1966, Local Government Finance in Nigeria, Ibadan, Oxford University Press.
Orewa, G. O., 1979, Taxation in Western and Mid-western Nigeria, Ibadan, NISER (2nd Edition).
Ostrum, V. B. and Ostrum, E., 1988, Local Government in the United States, California, ICS Press.
Oyegbile, S. O., 1996, The Principles and Practice of Property Rating and Taxation, Minna. Jamesons Graphic Publishers.
Oyerinde, N. D., 1934, Iwe-Itan Ogbomoso, Jos: The Niger Press.
Oyo State of Nigeria, 1985, ‘Local Government Tenement Rate Edict’, Edict No. 2. Oyo State of Nigeria, 1995, ‘Tenements Rates Edict No. 23’.
Porteous, J. D., 1976, Environment and Behaviour: Planning and Everyday Urban Life, London, Victoria Press.
Tomori, M. A., 2003, ‘Property Taxation: The Success Story of Local government in Oyo State’, in Omirin M., Nubi, M., Gbenga, T. and Fawenhinmi S. A., ‘Land Management and Property Tax Reform in Nigeria’, Proceedings of a National Workshop Organized by the Department of Estate Management, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
Tuan, Y. F., 1974, Tropophilia: A Study of Environmental Perception, Attitude and Ideas, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall.
Yikenkyi-Boateng, S., 1986, ‘Spatial Analysis of Variation in Level of Living within the Ibadan Metropolitan Region’, PhD Dissertation, Department of Geography, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.