Open AccessHousing Affordability among Civil Servants in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Jamiu Kayode Sakariyau,
Ngozi Ifeanyi Uwaezuoke,
Temitope Komolafe Olaoye
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of research and review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-2237
pISSN - 2349-9788
DOI - 10.52403/ijrr.20211051
Subject(s) - salary , nonprobability sampling , government (linguistics) , earnings , business , descriptive statistics , state (computer science) , local government , renting , affordable housing , sample (material) , economic growth , finance , economics , public administration , political science , sociology , population , statistics , law , philosophy , mathematics , algorithm , linguistics , chemistry , computer science , chromatography , market economy , demography
Housing has been acknowledged generally as a key human necessity. One of its problems may be claimed that it is not affordable for the ordinary Nigerian worker, whose earnings and wages are now strongly depressed and unable to fulfill their fundamental necessities. From the perspective of the above, this study studied the affordability of government workers in the State of Ekiti, Nigeria. Purposive method of sampling was used to sample two government agencies and parastatals. A total of One Hundred and Twenty Six (126) government officials were picked. 94 questionnaires were retrieved. The questionnaire was used to collect the information required and analysed by descriptive and medium item score statistics. The findings indicated that government employees in Ekiti State could, on average, afford to pay rental housing since most employees spend less than 30 per cent of their yearly salary on rentals, especially in the medium and high income categories. In the study, public and private engagements were proposed, leading to affordable and sustainable state housing delivery.Keywords: Housing, Civil Servant, Affordable, Rent, Ekiti State.