@article{MAKHILLPJSS20131037663,
    title = {Emergence of Cooperative Society in Land Market in Nigeria},
    journal = {Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences},
    volume = {10},
    number = {3},
    pages = {148-153},
    year = {2013},
    issn = {1683-8831},
    doi = {pjssci.2013.148.153},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1683-8831&doi=pjssci.2013.148.153},
    author = {Balogun Toju},
    keywords = {Land,cooperative societies,land acquisition,housing,income earners},
    abstract = {Access to land for housing in urban areas in Nigeria is fraught 
  with many problems ranging from high cost to multiple buyers of the same parcel 
  of land. Most of the associated problems arose due to land management system. 
  This study examines the strategies used by cooperative societies in overcoming 
  myriad challenges militating against access to land in Benin city. Questionnaires 
  were used to elicit information from cooperative organizations involved in land 
  acquisition and from the communities where lands were acquired. Findings show 
  that cooperative land acquisition enables cooperative members of all categories 
  of income earners to gain easy access to secure and cheap urban land for housing 
  purposes. The study recommends that since government has failed to provide shelter 
  for the citizen it should support cooperative societies by encouraging banks 
  to give soft loan to cooperatives to acquire land for its members. This will 
  not only reinforce government objective of shelter for all but also serves as 
  instrument for poverty reduction since such lands are acceptable as collateral 
  security by financial houses.}
    }