Nigeria’s first ever “solar powered” estate in Abuja

Sungold, a foremost Estate builder is determined with the good environment created by the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to build affordable houses in every part of Nigeria.

“It is time builders in the country start to think outside the box to meet the housing needs of Nigerians”, Iwuayanwu, CEO of Sungold told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

The Whistler reports that he stressed the need for critical infrastructure like power in some housing estates, saying that most elegant buildings remain an “uncompleted project” as owners still need to continually source for energy to make their homes comfortable.

“Housing also becomes more expensive, when you quantify this additional cost of generating power through the use of generators and the attendant environmental pollution it causes.

It becomes necessary for developers to seek permanent solution.

This, he said, informed the idea behind smart homes that will incorporate inbuilt sources of power not dependent on external energy supply.

Iwuanyanwu said,  “already this innovation has gone down well with our clients/buyers, who inundate us daily with enquiries about owing such dream homes where power outage no longer constitute a challenge.

NAN reports that according to experts in the housing sector, Nigeria is in deficit of over 17 million housing for its 170 million citizens, whereas China with its 1.3 billion populations has a surplus of 70 million unoccupied houses.

Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Shehuri, has assured that the present administration is determined to bridge the housing deficit confronting the nation.

He said this at the inauguration of a housing estate initiated by the Federal Mortgage Bank under public/private partnership agreement in March.

Source: The Whistler