Volume 38, No. 1, 2013 January - June ISSN: 1597-653X Journal of THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTION OF ESTATE SURVEYORS AND VALUERS THE ESTATE SURVEYOR AND VALUER Volume 38, No. 1, 2013 NIESV Iroham C. O., Durodola O. D. DEPRECIATION IN PLANT AND MACHINERY VALUATION 7 Akinjare O. A., Mosaku T. O. IN NIGERIA: A PEDAGOGIC FRAMEWORK Chibuike R. Emele, A FRESH LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE AND DIVERSIFICATION 16 Obinna L. Umeh BENEFITS OF REAL ESTATE EQUITIES IN NIGERIA: CASE STUDY OF REAL ESTATE EQUITY AND SOME SELECTED COMMON STOCKS. Chudi Ngwuluka IMPACT OF INTELLIGENT BUILDING FEATURES ON RENTAL 24 VALUES OF OFFICE PROPERTIES IN VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS Samson A. O. Adegoke HOUSING POLICY AND THE HOUSING OF NIGERIANS: RHETORICS, 34 REALITIES AND THE MYTH OF BENEVOLENT GOVERNMENT Chinedu Chidinma Nwachukwu, INDUSTRIAL LOCATION DECISION AND ITS IMPACT ON PROJECT SUCCESS: 55 Fidelis I. Emoh THE NEED FOR A PROFESSIONAL GUIDE Ogunbajo Rukaiyat Adeola AN ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT 65 IN FEDERAL HOUSING ESTATES IN ABUJA, NIGERIA. Chudi Ngwuluka PROSPECTS OF TIME SHARE PROPERTIES IN NIGERIA 78 Olajide, Sunday Emmanuel, SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF 88 Surv. O. A. Abiodun INDISCRIMINATE BURIALS ON PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS IN ADO-EKITI, NIGERIA Matthew Oluwole Oyewole THE BARRIERS TO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) 97 IN NIGERIAN HOUSING MARKET Olufemi Adedamola Oyedele ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN NIGERIA. 103 A. A Yakub, ENHANCING PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA THROUGH 115 Aminu Garba Waziri CONCESSIONAL ARRANGEMENTS A study of Railway Property Management Company Limited (RPMCL), Kano Ikechukwu Ozigbo, PROFESSIONALIZATION OF OUR FACILITY MANAGEMENT 126 Chinelo Adline Ozigbo (Mrs.) FUNCTION AS THE BASIS FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NIGERIAN NATION Baridoma, Moses Baridi, IMPACT OF MORTGAGE FINANCE ON REAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT 131 Ekenta, Chukwuemeka (A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL MORTGAGE BANK OF NIGERIA). Joachim A. Onyike A REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF THE ESTATE SURVEYOR AND VALUER IN 136 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MORTGAGE BANKING INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA. Notes for Contributors 150 Career in Estate Management 151