Tag Archives: affordable housing

Easy Home by Lafarge Africa is an innovative affordable housing initiative. It is to bridge the skills gap in Nigeria’s construction industry, by giving home builders access to trained artisans skilled in block making, among other free services. Bennett Oghifo reports. This Day reports that the use of incompetent craftsmen, low quality building materials, weak supervision non-compliance with specifications/standards by ...

“Lagos State Government is set to increase its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) profile through taxes that will accrue from the sale of housing units, Land Use charges and other statutory payments from its new Lagos Jubilee Estate, Iganmu.” – The Guardian The Commissioner for Housing, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, who disclosed this while signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with Brains ...

“Disturbed by the activities of land racketeers and indiscriminate construction of buildings in Yenagoa and its environs,  Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson has inaugurated a 10-member Land Use and Allocation Committee, with a declaration that henceforth, government will  be responsible for the provision and sale of land to members of the public for private, commercial and industrial purpose”- Nigeria ...

“The African Farmers and Cultural Organisation, a Non Governmental Organisation has said it will help the government to address the 17 million housing deficit in the country. The Organization has mapped out plans to provide 5.5 million housing units for Nigerians. The President and Founder of AFCO, Prince Chukwunwike Esiole, at the formal unveiling of the firm in Lagos said in ...

“The affordable housing and property market is one segment most real estate developers avoid for various reasons, but which once surmounted could sprint fortunes, said Mr. Kola Ashiru-Balogun, Managing Director of Mixta Nigeria, a company of ARM.” – This Day ARM acquired Mixta Africa and it renamed ARM Properties Mixta Nigeria and what they have done since then, according to ...

I’m sure at one time or the other, you have come across the word mortgage and have a general idea of what it means. However, we learn everyday and this article could just open your eyes to new realities about a topic you’ve always thought you have no business with. Remember, no knowledge is wasted. For some people, their only ...

“Worried by the dearth of accurate data for necessary action plan in the housing sector, the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN)  is initiating strategy to provide solution to the challenge of housing deficit.”-Nigerian Tribune The moves by REDAN to provide a solution to the challenge of housing data was made known by its President, Rev. Ugochukwu Chime,   at ...

“Worried by huge figures of housing deficit facing the country, the World Bank and International Development Association, IDA, has set aside $300 million to fast-track provision of  accommodation for the teeming Nigerian population.” –Vanguard The fund, which is to be channelled towards pursuing aggressive development of housing sector in Nigeria, is being facilitated by the Nigeria Housing Finance Programme, NHFP. ...

“Dr Beni Goka, Executive Director, Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), National Assembly Chapter, says the association is embarking on construction of 6,000 housing units with local materials for staff in Abuja.”- The News Guru He made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja. Goka stressed the need for the government and ...

“Stakeholders in the housing sector have called on government to route its funds for social housing initiatives through the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria FMBN, which has the experience and capacity of reaching over 4 million Nigerians nationwide through the National Housing Fund NHF. The call was made at the 5th joint meeting of FMBN, Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria ...