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Students was planned to be in the halls of residence, although less than 22,000 students of current students could really be accommodated on the campus (Ayeni, 2003). The older of the halls are located close to the faculties and departments while a substantial number are located further away from the offices. In the first category are Mellanby, Tedder, Kuti, Sultan Bello and Queen's hall. In the latter category are Idia, Independence, Alexandria Brown, Nnamdi Azikwe, Obafemi Awolowo and New Postgraduate Halls known as abdulsalam Abubakar.

The University of Ibadan has twelve halls of residence. There are nine undergraduate halls, seven of which are for males while the remaining two halls are for female students and one hall for both male and female students (undergraduates and postgraduates). There are mainly two postgraduate halls of residence. The total optimum capacity for all the halls is 8,000 students (see Table 2.1). The total blocks, rooms, bedspaces and students population for the halls of residence are 83, 2,773, 8000 and 22,000 (see Table 1.2).

Mellanby Hall: Mellanby Hall is the university's first hall of residence and owes its name to the first principal of the University College, Professor Kenneth Mellanby (1947-1953). It was formally opened on 17^th November, 1952. The hall has a capacity of 716 students.

Tedder Hall: Like Mellanby Hall, this hall was formally opened on 17^th November, 1952 by Lord Tedder, Marshall of the Royal Air Force and Chancellor of Cambridge University (1950-1967) after whom the hall was named. It was built to accommodate not more than 716 students.

Kuti Hall: This hall was formally opened in 1954, two years after Mellanby and Tedder halls. It has a capacity for 744 students and was named after the late Rev. I.O.

Ransome- Kuti (1891-1995), an educationist and the first president of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, also a member of the Elliot Commission on Higher Education in West Africa- the Commission whose report led to the establishment of the University.

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Queen Elizabeth II Hall: This is an undergraduate hall for female students, with a capacity of 554. It was named after Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II- the Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland-who visited the University of Ibadan in February 1956 and performed the formal opening ceremony of the hall.

Independence Hall: Honourable Aja Nwachukwu, one of Nigeria's former Ministers of Education commissioned this hall in 1961. The hall was built with a capacity for 998 students and was named Independence Hall in commemoration of Nigeria's attainment of political independence on 1^st October, 1960.

Sultan Bello Hall: This hall was formally opened in 1962 and was built to accommodate 547 students. The late Alhaji Ahmadu Bello performed the opening ceremony of this hall and named after his grandfather, Mohammed Bello (1909-1966), the chief builder of the Sokoto caliphate.

Nnamdi Azikwe Hall: Popularly called Zik hall, it has the capacity to house 1001 students and was formally opened in 1962. It was named after Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe, the first Governor General of Independent Nigeria and the first President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1963-1966).

Tafawa Balewa Hall: This is the University's first postgraduate hall of residence. The hall has a capacity of 586 students, both male and female. It was formally declared opened in 1968 and named after Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, the first prime minister of Nigeria (1960-1966) and the first visitor to the University of Ibadan as an autonomous institution.

Idia Hall: This is the second hall of residence for female students. It was commissioned as part of Queen's hall (the second female hall). In the 1976/77 session, it became a full-fledged hall with a capacity of 605 students. It was named after Queen Idia, a 15^th Century Bini Queen, who led her people to the victorious battle of Idah. Her mask was the symbol of FESTAC' 77.

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Obafemi Awolowo Hall: This is the second postgraduate hall of residence and accommodates both male and female research students. It was formally opened in 1986 and was named ‘postgraduate students village' by the students, because of its distance to the main centre of university activities. The hall has a capacity of 650 students. In 1987, however, following the recommendation of the Student Union, the hall was renamed Obafemi Awolowo Hall, in honour of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, an elder statesman and astute politician.

Abubakar Abdulsalam Hall: This hall is the third postgraduate hall of residence for research students. It was formerly called New Postgraduate Hall, but now changed to Abubakar Abdulsalam Hall. It houses both male and female students, it was started by General Abubakar Abdulsalam, the former Head of State of Nigeria and commissioned by the then General Olusegun Obasanjo in 2001. The hall has a capacity of 573 students. The blocks are divided into four (A, B, C, D), Block A and D are for male students and Block C and B are for female students.

Alexander Brown Hall: This is a unique undergraduate hall of residence in that it houses both male and female clinical students at the University College Hospital (UCH). The hall was built to house 310 students, and was formally opened in 1957. In 1971, however, it was renamed after the late Professor Alexander Brown, the first Professor of Medicine of the university.

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Table 1.2. The Number of Blocks, Rooms and Bedspaces in each Hall of Residence.

S/N Halls Blocks Rooms Bedspaces Students

population

1 Alexander Brown 8 197 310 1,408

2 Idia 3 296 605 2,423

3 Independence 7 226 998 2,456

4 Ransome Kuti 8 187 744 2,449

5 Mellanby 6 218 716 2,045

6 Nnamdi Azikiwe 7 237 1001 2,688

7 Obafemi Awolowo 8 319 650 2,302

8 Queen Elizabeth 9 209 554 1,369

9 Sultan Bello 8 207 547 2,298

10 Tafawa Balewa 7 201 586 1,479

11 Tedder 7 215 716 2,103

12 Abdulsalam Abubakar 5 261 573 1,408

Total 83 2773 8000 22,000

Source: Academic Planning Unit, University of Ibadan, 2010.

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This thesis is structured into five chapters. Chapter one is the background to the study, and it consists of other themes. The second chapter discusses the literature review, conceptual framework and theoretical framework. Chapter three presents the research methods of analysis employed in the study. Chapter four examines the students' housing provision, their socio-demographic characteristics and assessment of on-campus and off-campus students' housing. This chapter discusses a comparative assessment of on-campus and off-campus students' housing in the University of Ibadan.

Chapter five is the conclusion of the study. It summarises the major findings of the thesis, contribution to knowledge, planning and policy implications, recommendations and suggestions for further research.