APPRAISING STRATEGIES FOR HOUSING PROVISION FOR LOW-INCOME GOVERNMENT WORKERS IN ADO-EKITI, NIGERIA

The magnitude of housing need in Nigeria is daily soaring whereas the ability of the populace, in particular lowincome government workers, to make effective homing demand has not appreciated over the years. Research has shown that adequate housing is largely out of the economic reach of most workers. The inadequacy in housing experienced by workers is indicative of the depression of the economy. This paper appraises the strategies involved in adequately meeting the housing need of low-income government workers. It focuses attention on an emergent state capital Ado-Ekiti, the capital city of Ekiti State, Nigeria where there is quantitative and qualitative deficiency in housing. It examines the roles of the public and private sectors in housing provision which it asserts are intricately intertwined and complementary. The paper characterizes the relationship between some explanatory variables and an outcome variable of housing provision employing the Categorical Regression Analysis, which it uses to explain strategies pivotal in addressing the housing need of low-income government workers in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria