The Factors Responsible for Poor Infrastructural Development of Local Churches in Nigeria
CHAPTER ONE
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The main objective of the study is to examine the factors responsible for poor infrastructural development of local churches in Nigeria
The following are the specific objectives of this study:
- To examine the causes of poor infrastructural development of local churches in Nigeria.
- To identify the effects of poor infrastructural development of local churches in Nigeria.
- To identify the remedial measures or approaches to poor infrastructural development in Nigeria.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
INTRODUCTION
The occurrence of building failure and collapse has become a great concern and a serious issue in the development and growth of this nation as the magnitudes of this incident is becoming very alarming Ademoroti, G. (1991). The building failure and collapse in Nigeria originated principally from bad design, faulty construction, use of low quality materials, hasty construction, foundation failure, lack of proper supervision, ineffective enforcement of building codes by the relevant Town Planning Authorities, lack of proper maintenance e.t.c. (Folagbade, 2001 and Badejo, 2009).. It has been revealed that more than 70% of the reported cases of poor infrastructural development of local churches in Nigeria temmed from the informal sector. It further showed that 70-0%, 23-3% and 6.7% of the reported cases occurred in private, public and corporate organizations respectively.
Poor infrastructural development, though a regular occurrence all over the world is more rampant and ruinous in the developing countries. The incidence of building failures and collapses has become serious problem of concern in the development of this nation as the frequencies of their occurrence and the magnitude of the losses in terms of lives and properties are now becoming very alarming. In fact, poor infrastructural development has now become a familiar occurrence, even to layman on the street in Nigeria. Failure in building can be described as the inability of the building components not being adequate to perform what are normally expected or required of those components. On the other hand, when part or whole structure has failed and suddenly gave way in a way that as a result of this failure, the building could not meet the purpose for which it was intended, the building has collapsed. Amusan, J. O. (1991). Cases of poor infrastructural development are not restricted by climatology or level of urbanization as they cut across cultural and ethnical barriers. Many cases of poor infrastructural development have been reported in Nigeria. For instance, Folagbade (2001) and Chinwokwo (2000) enumerated forty-two (42) cases of poor infrastructural development as occurring between 1980 and 1999 in Nigeria while Makinde ( 2007) listed fifty-four (54) cases occurring between January 2000 and June 2007 alone. Poor infrastructural development has also been observed to cut across the different categories of building – private, corporate or public. Folagbade (2001) showed that of the twenty-five (25) reported cases of poor infrastructural development between 1980 and 1999 in Lagos State, private (76%), corporate (12%) and government or public buildings (12%) accounted for these proportions. Also, poor infrastructural development is no respecter of size of the structure. Amusan (1991) reported that Barnawa flat disaster in 1977 was a three-storey building, a public building (Secondary School) which collapsed in March 1988 at Ibadan was two-storey building, the collapsed show-room for cars in Lagos in 1987 was just a storey building while that of the Primary School in IIoabuchi, River State in July 1991 was a bungalow building. Folagbade (2001) also reports that the Abuja building which collapsed in March, 1993 and the one at Ojuelegba in 1999 were both multi-storey buildings.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
This chapter covers the description and discussion on the various techniques and procedures used in the study to collect and analyse the data as it is deemed appropriate.
It is organized under the following sub-headings:
- Research Design
- Area of the Study
- Population of the study
- Sample and sampling procedure
- Instrument of Data Collection
- Validation of the Instrument
- Reliability of the Instrument
- Method of Data Collection
- Method of Data Analysis
RESEARCH DESIGN
According to Asika (2009), research designs are often referred to as the structuring of investigation aimed at identifying variables and their relationships to one another. In this study, questionnaire serves as useful guide to the effort of generating data for this study. The questionnaire is a survey method and it is an exploratory research.
AREA OF THE STUDY
The study area for this research is Imo state in eastern Nigeria. The choice of Imo state as the study area is because since the creation of the state in 1967 and in spite of the movement of Abia state in the state creation exercise of 1991, it naturally enjoys the benefits of being the fulcrum of the eastern part of the country. Imo state is built with many roads, estates , government establishments, all kinds of private developments, schools, hospitals, theaters, shopping malls, hotels to mention a few. All these infrastructures are the handiwork of construction. As such there cannot be a better place to obtain data for this study.
POPULATION OF THE STUDY
The population of study consists of selected local churches in Imo state, Nigeria. The study selected a total of 352 respondents consisting of church officials and members.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
This chapter is devoted to the presentation, analysis and interpretation of the data gathered in the course of this study. The data are based on the number of copies of the questionnaire completed and returned by the contractors. The data are presented in tables and the analysis is done using the chi-square test.
Data Presentation and Analysis
Table 1 above shows the gender distribution of the contractors used for this study. 30 contractors which represent 60.0percent of the population are male. 20 contractors which represent 40.0percent of the population are female.
CHAPTER FIVE
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Conclusion
The objectives of the study were to
- To examine the causes of poor infrastructural development of local churches in Nigeria.
- To identify the effects of poor infrastructural development of local churches in Nigeria.
- To identify the remedial measures or approaches to poor infrastructural development in Nigeria.
Findings from the study revealed the following:
- Poor infrastructural development leads to death and loss of properties in Nigeria.
- Incompetence of contractors is a major reason to poor infrastructural development.
- Quality of building materials has a lo do to with the poor infrastructural development.
- Cost of building materials contribute to poor infrastructural development in Nigeria.
Recommendations
The study therefore recommends strict adherence to code of practice, determination of bearing capacity of soil before design, getting approval before commencing construction on site, Building Control Officials should ensure compliance with approved building plans, adequate supervision, carrying out proper site investigation, strict conformance to working drawings, prohibiting the use of quacks and adherence to specification.
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- Amusan, J. O. (1991). Strategies for Enhancing the Local Governments Roles in Minimizing the Poor infrastructural development. Proceedings of the National Conference on Effective Contract Management in the Construction Industry. Nigerian Institute of Building, 22-23August, pp188-200.
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