Land Tenure Security Perceptions Amongst Nigerian Rural Communities: A Case Of Atiba Local Government Area (Lga), Oyo State

Abstract Subject and purpose of work: Security tenure is observed as an underlying tool for measuring the development among communities developing countries. Despite this, issues related to peoples’ thinking or feelings well what drives security land are poorly understood inconclusive. This study examines residents’ perception in rural Nigeria. Materials methods: A multistage sampling procedure was used select 125 respondents from area by administering a questionnaire while key informants were subjected in-depth interview. Results: The data collected analysed using content analysis, descriptive inferential statistics. revealed that varies studied across settlement categories. Further results showed four factors such income, length stay, culture, education identified major influencing tenure. Conclusions: concluded socio-economic cultural influence researched.