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“CHALLENGES of housing in terms of quality and quantity appear to be the same all over the world, but in Nigeria, it is a complex case. Hardly would any event organised by professional bodies in the built environment pass without touching issue of paucity of housing delivery in Nigerian, yet, not much has been achieved.”-Nigerian Tribune But recently, at different ...

Various studies have identified a multiplicity of factors inhibiting effective housing development and delivery in Nigeria. This article assesses housing challenges in Nigeria Housing (Shelter) is unarguably one of the basic necessities of man. It used to be ranked second after food in the hierarchy of man’s needs but recently it has been described as the first and most important ...

“Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON) has sought for  collaboration with the Federal Ministry of power, works and housing  in its scheme to  build   10,000 houses in each state of the federation. The new chairman of Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON) Olayinka Sonaike, made this call at the inauguration of the board ...

“Although Nigeria has recorded some milestones in her democratic experience since 1999, providing affordable housing for the teeming population has continued to be a major challenge. In this interview with BERTRAM NWANNEKANMA, the former Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing, Femi Okunnu, gives an insight into on how the country can mitigate her housing challenge. He also dismisses the choice ...

“Babatunde Raji Fashola, the minister of housing, power and works has disclosed that the federal government is doing all in its power to provide affordable housing to Nigerians. Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a program on Channels TV, he said the ministry is currently constructing about 2,000 pilot scheme Housing Units in 33 States. According to him, beneficiaries of the houses ...

“With 70 per cent of Nigeria’s population living in unplanned and inhabitable slums, architects have been urged to come up with cheap and affordable housing designs to reverse the trend.”-The Guardian Nigeria has neglected parts of cities where housing and living conditions are appallingly lacking. These slums range from high density, squalid central city tenements to spontaneous squatter settlements without ...

“In the bid to promote affordable housing in Nigeria, not more than 400 local and foreign exhibitors will feature in the 11th Abuja Housing Show, says its convener, Fesadeb Communications Ltd. Mr Festus Adebayo, Managing Director of the organisation, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday that the exhibitors would come from Nigeria and 10 foreign ...

Here is what Proshare thinks about affordable housing and the slowly recovering economy Today we turn our attention to Nigeria’s housing market. The housing deficit is currently estimated at 17 million housing units, with Lagos and Abuja accounting for 15% and 10% respectively of the total deficit. In both states, several completed residential buildings remain vacant as affordable housing is ...

According to The Guardian, building environment experts have revealed that cutting-edge technology holds key to lower house prices and increasing affordable housing stocks that could mitigate the nation’s deficit. According to them, with the latest technological invention in building construction, homes can be easily made through the use of ‘form works or aluminum mold’ down to the top without the ...

“The Managing Director of Cross and Churchill, Mr. Taiwo Ogunbodede, has said the full potential of the real estate sector can be better realised if the government put in place adequate Infrastructure.”- The Nation Such endeavour, he further said, would also stimulate faster growth in the real estate sector. Ogunbodede, also the Chairman, Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), ...