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Nigerian history, culture and art up to 1800 (Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo peoples and culture; peoples and culture of the ethnic minority groups). Nigeria under colonial rule (advent of colonial rule in Nigeria; Colonial administration of Nigeria). Evolution of Nigeria as a political unit (amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914; formation of political parties in Nigeria. Nationalist movements and struggle for independence). Nigeria and challenges of nation building (military intervention in Nigerian politic; Nigerian Civil War). Concept of trade and economics of self-reliance (indigenous trade and market system; indigenous apprenticeship system among Nigeria people; trade, skill acquisition and self-reliance). Social justices and national development (law definition and classification. Judiciary and fundamental rights. Individual, norms and values (basic Nigeria norms and values, patterns of citizenship acquisition; citizenship and civic responsibilities; indigenous languages, usage and development; negative attitudes and conducts. Cultism, kidnapping and other related social vices). Re-orientation, moral and national values (The 3R’s – Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Re-orientation. Re-orientation strategies: Operation Feed the Nation (OFN), Green Revolution, Austerity Measures, War Against Indiscipline (WAI), War Against Indiscipline and Corruption (WAIC), Mass Mobilization for Self-Reliance, Social Justice and Economic Recovery (MAMSER), National Orientation Agency (NOA). Current socio-political and cultural developments in Nigeria.

Concepts of peace, conflict and security in a multi-ethnic nation. Types and Theories of Conflicts: ethnic, religious, economic, geo-political conflicts; Structural Conflict Theory, Realist Theory of Conflict, Frustration-Aggression Conflict Theory. Root causes of conflict and violence in Africa: indigene and settlers’ phenomenon; boundaries/boarder disputes; political disputes; ethnic disputes and rivalries; economic inequalities and social disputes. Nationalist movements and agitations. Selected conflict case studies: Tiv-Junkun; Zangon-Kataf chieftaincy and land disputes. Peace building, management of conflicts and security: peace & human development. Approaches to peace & conflict management: religious, government and community leaders. Elements of peace studies and conflict resolution: conflict dynamics assessment scales: constructive & destructive. Justice and legal framework: concepts of social justice. The Nigeria legal system. Insurgency and terrorism. Peace mediation and peace keeping. Peace & security council: international, national and local levels. Agents of conflict resolution: conventions, treaties community policing: evolution and imperatives. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): a) dialogue b) arbitration, c) negotiation d) collaboration. Roles of international organizations in conflict resolution: (a) the United Nations and its conflict resolution organs, (b) the African Union, & its peace and security council (c) ECOWAS in peace keeping. Media and traditional institutions in peace building. Managing post-conflict situations/crisis: refugees. Internally displaced persons (IDPs). The role of NGOs in post-conflict situations/crises.

Scope of philosophy; notions, meanings, branches and problems of philosophy. Logic as an indispensable tool of philosophy. Elements of syllogism, symbolic logic— the first nine rules of inference. Informal fallacies, laws of thought, nature of arguments. Valid and invalid arguments, logic of form and logic of content — deduction, induction and inferences. Creative and critical thinking. Impact of philosophy on human existence. Philosophy and politics, philosophy and human conduct, philosophy and religion, philosophy and human values, philosophy and character molding.

Basic concepts in management: management principles, functions of the manager. Planning: nature and purpose of the organizing function, department, line and staff. Authority, staffing and directing: selection of employees and managers, appraisal of managers, management development, nature of directing, motivation and leadership. Controlling: the control process, control technique, recent developments in the control function. The Nigerian environment: management problems in Nigeria, challenges of indigenization and transferability of management system.

Factors affecting supply and demand for land and buildings. Principles of investment. Stocks and shares. Interest rates and investment yields, the property market methods of valuation. Factors affecting demand and supply of land and buildings of various uses. Outgoings and the different letting arrangements: FRI, IRI. of leases and tenancies. Income patterns and variations. Property valuation process/procedure generally, and of the different methods of valuation: Direct market price comparison, replacement cost. Profit/accounts, and land residual methods. Sources of data for valuation.

Analysis of sales and letting of freehold and leasehold property, use of valuation tables. Effect of income tax on sinking fund, premiums, surrender and renewals of leases. Investment/ income method of valuation approaches: term and reversion, hard-core; traditional/conventional (initial/all-risks yield cum fixed annuity capitalization), modern/contemporary (equated yield cum variable annuity capitalization). Determination of freehold and leasehold investment/initial/all-risk yield: analysis of transactions involving sales and lettings of comparable freeholds let at rack/full rental value. Virtual/sitting rent calculations. Valuations involving freehold currently let at full rental value (FRV) on full repairing and insuring (FRI) basis and currently not let at FRV and not on FRI basis. Valuations involving deferred receipts and payments, and varying incomes. Effects of capital expenditure and present and future premium payments on rental values and valuations associated therewith. Valuations of leaseholds: long and short terms. Effects of income tax on freehold and leasehold valuations and adjustment to the year’s purchase. Applications of statistics and computer techniques in valuation.

This course is designed to provide a basic knowledge of how the estate surveyor and valuer undertakes his work in a professional manner. Professional approach: definitions and explanations; rule of professional practice and code of conducts. Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers. The Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria. Other professional bodies in Nigeria. Professional instructions and government. Professional firms, groups, partnership and their organization and management. Organization of personnel. Job description. Chain of authority. Departmentalization, specialization. Physical organizations. Office records. Communication and co-ordination. Office procedure. Cash-flow. Personnel management. Role of an estate surveyor and valuer in the public and private sectors.

Introduction: (a) legal notions of property (b) historical evolution of land law in Nigeria (c) sources of Nigerian land law (d) working terminologies – ownership, possession, titles, rights, liability and land. Customary land law/Islamic land law: (a) modes of acquiring title to land, settlement; expansion; loan or borrowing; pledge or pawn; gift; conquest, allotment, kola tenancy (b) concept and ownership of land: (i) nature of title to land (ii) control and management of community land – individual rights and extent of community land today (iii) creation of family land – nature and extent of member’s right in family land; control of family land, alienation of family land, recovery of family land. Improvement by a member of family land, termination of family land (iv) an outline of succession to rights in land. Legal regulation of property: (a) the Land Use Act – state control of land; grant of right of occupancy; what Certificate of Occupancy connotes; alienation of Certificate of Occupancy; revocation of Certificate of Occupancy; compensation for revocation (b) relationship between Land Use Act and State land law (c) an outline of control of natural resources – minerals, water and forests; agrarian reforms (d) rights and interest in land – freehold, joint tenancy, tenancy in common, prescription, laches, acquiescence, leasehold, easements, profit a Pender, covenants, mortgages, (e) registration – registration of instruments, registration of title.

Management theory and principles in relation to landed property. Management evolution, principles of management, forecasting, planning, organization, co-ordination, control, motivation, communication. Advanced concepts of land and interests in land (estate). Motives of property ownership, land tenure system in Nigeria, management of private and public estates, estate records. Landlord and tenant relationships, tenancy agreements and obligation of parties. Management of multi-tenanted property. Computerized property management systems - rent reminders, account updates. Agency and marketing of real estate. Duty and responsibilities of estate agents; collaboration and multiple agency methods and challenges.