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100 TUNDE AGBOLA AND ELIJAH M. AGUNBIADE
However, the case of Ogudu village differs slightly from the case
of Makoko. In spite of a number of similar characteristics, it was established
that land value had increased significantly from less than
N50,000 per acre in 1998 to approximately one million Naira in 2006.
This may be attributed to the implementation of the nearby Ogudu
foreshore scheme by the State government.
This study has shown that Ajegunle was largely accessible though
marshy and poorly drained, while Makoko was largely inaccessible and
marshy and poorly drained. However, Ijora and Ogudu were fairly accessible
and drained. On the other hand, Ajegunle and Ijora were
largely occupied while Makoko and Ogudu were fairly occupied, which
may suggest that the development of Makoko and Ogudu was more
recent than the development of Ajegunle and Ijora (Table 6).
5.4. Assessment of security of tenure
5.4.1. Legal title
The largest proportions of building owners in the selected settlements
do not have any form of title, while only very few have legal title,
as shown in Table 7.
Table 7 – Availability of legal title
Legal Ajegunle Makoko Ijora Ogudu
title N % N % N % N %
Yes 42 21.5 6 7.1 1 12.5 2 25.0
No 153 78.5 78 92.9 7 87.5 6 75.0
Total 195 100.0 84 100.0 8 100.0 8 100.0
Source: Field Survey, 2006.
However, several factors may account for this, the most important
being the land tenure and land administration process as presented in
the preceding sections of this paper.