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Residents’ Satisfaction with Infrastructural Facilities Provision in Housing Estate Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Abstract

The emphasis of this paper is to assess residents’ satisfaction with infrastructural facilities provision in housing estate Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, with a view to improve a level of satisfaction with infrastructures provided. The study adopts survey design using quantitative approach and data were collected through questionnaire survey from 500 housing unit, data were systematically selected from target population in housing estate Lafia. The data collected was subjected to descriptive with mean ranking. The study observed that the residents’ satisfaction with provision of drainages facilities, provision of electricity facilities, and provision of portable water supply facilities provision of road networks and Sewage and solid waste management facilities ranked first fifth respectively and they were found to be moderately satisfied in there provision. While provision of health facilities and provision of market facilities were provided in low level in the study area with low mean scores ranked at nine to ten respectively. The study recommended that the government should upgrade existing market or improve infrastructure in existing market, including proper sanitation, waste management to ease the situation of market facilities in the study area. The study recommended that the Government should engage local communities in the planning and development of these facilities to ensure they meet their specific needs.

Keywords: Housing, Infrastructure, Provision, Satisfaction, estate, residents

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Print ISSN: 2055-0219
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37745/bjes.2013

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