Experts in the real estate have expressed worry that the sector which recorded growth of about 2-3 per cent towards the end of 2018 has receded due to uncertainty in the country. The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its Q1 2019 report, revealed that the GDP growth for the real estate sector was 0.93 per cent. With the existing ...
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Kogi repeals policy to sell off government property
Faced with criticism on its decision to out rightly sell off some legacy projects to finance the 2018 budget, the Kogi State Government has proposed backtrack on the controversial policy. The controversy was stoked by the State’s Commissioner of Finance Asiwaju Idris during his budget defense for the ministry, where he revealed government’s plan to sell off some of the ...
Read More »The Ugly Side of Housing Delivery in Nigeria
It is common knowledge that the average Nigerian presently lives in abject poverty, though the ruling class pretend not to be aware. Sadly, poverty and poor housing have direct bloodlines. This article analyses poor housing delivery in Nigeria. A huge percentage of our populace live in inadequate or inappropriate housing, or worse still totally homeless, especially in urban cities. In ...
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