CHAPTER THREE

3.0 METHODOLOGY

3.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Ilaro was founded in the 18th century by Aro who migrated from the Oyo town
to settle down in Igbo Aje, a little hill situated at the centre of the town from
where he and his warriors could sight enemies (mostly slave traders from the
neighbouring Benin republic known then as Dahomey) on attack from a long
distance. Aro himself was a warrior and a hunter to be reckoned with. Ilaro had
her name from "Ilu Aro" meaning the settlement of Aro which later became
Ilaro for ease of pronunciation. Ancient Ilaro town was blessed with great
farmers, hunters and warriors out of which Orona and Osata ranked the files of
Ilaro history.

In the history laid by these humble kinsmen and peace-loving individuals, apart
from saving the lives of their kinsmen from the hands of the invading Dahome
and other warriors, news had it that Orona with his "Ekun" (Leopard) when he
became old and wanted to show the potency of His powers entered into the
ground and told his people to call upon him whenever there is problem, i.e. in
times of war, by just pulling the chain attached to himself and the leopard as at
the time of entering the ground. This place where Orona disappeared into the
ground with his Leopard is today known as the Orona Shrine and has been
renovated and constructed as an emolument for lovers of history and tourists. It
is also the location where the coronation of every new traditional ruler of the
town is performed. The Orona Ilaro Festival is celebrated annually in
remembrance of the great warrior.

During the Nigerian Civil War, Ilaro acted as the headquarters of the Egbado
land and produced brave warriors who fought for the sustenance of the unity of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Notable of these patriots include late Major
General Olurin (Rtd), late brigadier general Samuel Adegoriola Oniyide, late
Major Onifade and the Late Major Ibikunle Armstrong.

Apart from warriors, the Ilaro town also produced renowned Yoruba literature
guru Prof. Afolabi Olabimitan who later became a politician few years before
his death and was also a delegate to the Nigerian Constitutional conference in
1999.

He authored Kekere Ekun, this being his first novel published in 1967. He also
authored “Ta lo p’omo Oba?" and other literatures. Until his death he was a
member of the “Akomolede Yoruba" group and a former Don at the University
of Lagos, Nigeria.

The aforementioned people contributed in part to the development of Ilaro town

as either moralist worthy of emulation, educators, devoters of religion, principal
of secondary schools in Ilaro, former sole administrators/governors, former
speaker of the Ogun state house of assembly, Minister of State for Education,
secretary to the Yewa south local government, Philanthropists, Senior Advocate
of Nigeria, gubernatorial candidate, member of the house of assembly, as the
case may be. Also apart from these people there are also indigenes of Ilaro that
are spread all over cities and other towns in Nigeria and as well as around the
world in Europe, in the United States of America, in Asia, in various islands and
some countries in Africa such as Ivory Coast, Ghana, Libya, Senegal,
Cameroon, Niger Republic and the neighbouring Republic of Benin.

In addition, there are different Iga (Compounds) and communities associated

with indigenes of Ilaro that give every individual a point reference to the exact
compound or community where he/she originated from within the town.
Examples are Iga Ekerin, Iga Badagunro, Iga Babaolu, Iga Saatun, Iga Papa-nla,
Iga Modeolu, Iga basasin, Iga sawo, Ile-Eeleri, Ile-Olooja-meje, Iga keeke, Ita
Alaran, Ilu-Ata, Oju-okeke, oju-Alumuwa, Oju-Obe, Oke-Ibese. Oju-Omofe,
Oju oronna, Ona otun, Ona-Osi, Ona-Ola, Isale Idomo, Ile marun, Oju Yewa,
Iga elemo. etc.

Ilaro town had a very good romance with the missionaries from Europe in the
19th and the 20th centuries. History has it that the likes of the Late Lord
Lugard, Late Mary Slessor visited the Ancient Ilaro town. Many missionaries
lived the whole of their lives as Chaplains and as medical doctors in Ilaro town
and in remembrance of this, the longest street in Ilaro to date is named Leslie
Street after J. Leslie.

3.2 GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING

3.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND

3.4 RESEARCH DESIGN

Research design is a strategy or approach to be used for conducting a scientific

enquiry. A research design is plan or blueprint that specifies how data relating
to a particular problem should be collected and analyzed.

In this study, research survey was conducted to supplement other sources of

data this includes textbooks, journals, printed materials and other past projects.
Survey research is more reliable for this design because it enables sample to be
selected from the entire population in other to analyze, which would allow the
researcher to make reference on characteristic of the identified population.
Therefore, a well-constructed questionnaires was used to pose relevant question
to the respondents.

3.5 TARGET POPULATION

The target population for this research work are the tenants and property owners
with Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria.
3.6 SOURCE OF DATA COLLECTED

In pursuance of the desire to achieve the goal of writing this project, the two
sources of data adopted were primary and secondary source.

3.6.1 PRIMARY SOURCES

The primary source include interview with the estate surveyor and valuers and
the use of questionnaires to gather information in the study area.

3.6.2 SECONDARY SOURCES

As the name implies, these are already existing data collected by some other
persons. This includes the use of relevant journals, textbooks, lecture note,
magazine and review of past projects etc.

3.7 SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

In this method, the geographical area was divided into sub-areas and a random
sample of sub-area is selected. Each selected sub-area is further sub-divided and
another random sample was selected from the sub-division then from the
selected sub-division, a simple random sample of the population is then selected
and studied. A total of 100 respondents were selected.

3.8 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION

The researcher administered the questionnaires personally to the respondents.

The researchers vested the outlet routinely issuing the questionnaires to the
resident and forms and also make sure that the issuing double questionnaires.
With the questionnaires distributed to the 100 respondents, 80 were collected as
duly completed on completion of the exercise.

3.9 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS

In the presentation, analysis and interpretation of data, tabular form of statistical

analysis of data were used to analyze the data. The response of each relevant
question in the questionnaires are represented in tables and statistical result used
to compare relevant importance of various answers.
 QUESTIONNAIRE

We are students of The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, currently studying Estate

Management. This research work is based on “Landlord Behaviour in

Residential Property Management.” A case study Ilaro at Ogun State.

Please tick or mark the appropriate box[ex] among alternatives shown and

where no box[ex] are provided, write your answer in the space provided.

1. Sex

Male Female

2. Age Range

16-30 31-45 46-60 61 and above

3. Educational Qualification

a. Primary

b. WAEC/GCE

c. OND/HND

d. B.SC

e. M.SC

f. Other

4. Occupation

a. Student

b. Apprentice

c. Civil/Public Servant
 d. Private Organization

e. Professional Business

f. Private Business

g. Other

5. Marital Status

Single Married

6. Types of Residential Property

a. Tenements

b. Block of Flat

c. Duplex

d. Detached Houses

e. Bungalow

7. What are the factors influencing rent passing on the Residential properties?

i. Location of property and size of the property

ii. Demand of property land use

iii. Condition of property

8. The management of residential property is carried out by:

i. Landlord

ii. Agent

iii. Other
9. What is the behaviour of the landlord on the residential property

management?

i. Good

ii. Fair

iii. Bad

10.What is the effect of the landlord’s behaviour on the residential property?

POSITIVE

NEGATIVE

11.What is the rent imposed on the residential property?

S/
PROPERTY AMOUNT
N

1. Tenement

2. Block of Flat

3. Duplex

4. Detached house

5. Bungalow