ABSTRACT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
Land
is the free gift of nature, land can also be the part of earth’s surface that
is not covered by water as to oppose the sea or the air.
Land
is the original sources of all material wealth. The economic prosperity of a
country is closely linked with the riches of her natural resources.
Agricultural wealth of a country depends on the nature of soil, climate and
rainfall, the agricultural products are the form/basis of trade and industry,
for instance, industry depends upon availability of coal-mines or waterfall for
electricity production thus all aspects of economic and life i.e. agriculture,
trade and industry are generally influenced by natural resources which is
called “land”
The
importance of land can not be over emphasized as land has played a very
essential role in human life such as building of houses, schools, churches,
hospitals and most of all, it create relationship between farming, forestry,
and local communities in producing food and energy. It therefore creates relationship
between the government and the land owners/customers thus the importance of
land is too much as it is influencing the standard of living of the people.
Land
allocation is the process of giving or, selling any portion of land by the
government or land owners to customers.
The
present land allocation system in the ministry of land, survey and town
planning, Ebonyi state is done manually by writing the customer’s information
into a notebook which has so many disadvantages, such as time consumption,
labour, cost, it also makes mistakes and stressfull, thereby making one get
tired, it causes disorder in the arrangement of files, thereby making it
difficult to locate customer’s file,
But
with the automated system which is made to reduce the need for hard labour,
time consumption, cost in the ministry of land, survey and town planning, Eboyi
state. Things like allocating of land to customers, inputting customer’s
details in a computer not on notebook will be done automatically so as to
reduce stress.
The
automated system of land allocation in the ministry of land, survey and town
planning is good because it can be able to speed up the process of retrieving
and putting information in case there will be need for adjustment instantly,
with automated system the same kind of task can be done over and over again
without getting bored or tired, it is very accurate and can do a very detailed
work and follow precise instruction of customer without error in ministry of
land, survey and town planning, EbonyiState.
1.2
STATEMENT
OF THE PROBLEM
The
problems of land allocation system are many.
i.
The system, if not automated, will come
to a stage where its functionality and effectiveness become impossible.
ii.
Document stored up in files and folder
are not only damaged but also the misplacement of documents piled up in crank.
iii.
Cabinet is another major problem, poor
record reports and statistics were very prominent as the staff of the record
department in the ministry cannot differentiate between and various record that
they have in the ministry let alone the number of the record.
iv.
Time constraint.
1.3
AIM
AND OBJECTIVES
The
purpose of this study is to develop an application software to automate the
system of land allocation in ministry of land, survey and town planning, Ebonyi
State.
The
specific objectives are;
i.
To develop an application that will keep
track of customer’s record.
ii.
To develop an application that will
automatically generate report of all transactions.
iii.
To develop an application that will
ensure easy and smooth deletion, retrieval and updating of customer’s record.
1.4
SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE STUDY
The
main significances of this study;
i.
To develop application software that
keeps track of all land owners, records.
ii.
To be able to update, delete and
retrieve land owner’s records.
iii.
This study automatically generates
receipts in any transactions that the ministry of land, survey and town
planning makes with any land owners/customers.
iv.
It also make process or allocation of
land easier and not time consuming unlike the manual system.
1.5
SCOPE
OF THE STUDY
The
scopes of this research study is to develop an application software that can
successfully accept customer’s information and to ensure smooth and easy
deletion, retrieval and updating of customer’s record in the ministry of land,
survey and town planning, Eboyi State.
1.6
LIMITATIONS
OF THE STUDY
However,
due to some limitations such as:
i.
Unwillingness of the ministry to reveal
relevant information needed in relation to the study and limited research
materials, this project has been limited to capture customer’s (i.e. land
owners or land buyers) details.
ii.
Time factors.
iii.
Finance of the customer.
iv.
Attitude of the customer.
1.7
DEFINITION
OF TERMS
Allocation: By
the dictionary definition, it is used when something is given for a particular
purpose.
COMPUTERISATION: This
is the process of converting mostly manually performed jobs into full computer
involvement.
SYSTEM: It
is the arrangement of many part to work together to archive a particular
purpose.
AUTOMATED: To
run or operate something, such as a factory or system by using machines,
computers etc. instead of using people to do the work.
LAND:The
part of earth which is not covered by oceans or real estate or landed property,
a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be
erected.