Why completing abandoned buildings for habitation is dangerous —Experts
Completing abandoned uncompleted buildings for habitation carries major safety and financial implications including structural degradation and high renovation costs. To ensure the buildings are safe for use after their completion, the issue of structural degradation and others must be adequately addresed, according to construction experts.
Dearth of artisans: Lafarge launches skill acquisition training programme for youths
Lafarge Africa Plc, leading building solutions provider in Nigeria, recently launched the Cement Professionals Training Programme CPTP, for youths from the areas where its cement manufacturing plants are located as beneficiaries.
FG has created 54,680 jobs in housing sector—Minister
THE Federal Government said it has created jobs for 54,680 people in the housing sector since inception in 2015. Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, who disclosed this at the sixth National Council on Land, Housing And Urban Development, in Abuja, noted that out of this figure, 13,680 people got direct jobs, while 41,000 got indirect jobs.
Fashola laments degeneration of Apapa roads
AGAINST the backdrop of colossal degeneration to which access roads in and out of Apapa, Lagos, have been subjected, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has called for total regeneration of these roads and other road infrastructure such as lightings, man holes and railings in Apapa. The axis serves both Apapa and Tin Can ports, the two major ports that boost the nation’s economy.
NIA celebrates excellence in architecture in Port Harcourt
AS part of its bid to celebrate excellence in architecture in Nigeria and in the diaspora and with quest for qualitative and sustainable design for Nigerians, The Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA, has concluded plans to host its annual West Africa Architecture Festival. (WAAF 2.0) billed for Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
FG’s rail lines for 36 states, FCT — Amaechi
PRESIDENT Muhammad Buhari has ordered the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chubuike Amaechi to connect the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT by rail.
