Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria (AHCN) has called on the Federal Government to initiate steps to re-desgnate the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) as National Social Housing Regulatory Authority with a mandate to drive social housing programme in Nigeria.

Ogun State government has distributed 5,000 Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) and other land title documents to property owners across the state, under its Homeowners’ Charter programme which is aimed at deepening the property market in the state.

Ina bid to stem the rising rate of inferno in Lagos metropolis, the Lagos state government has boosted its fire service with state-of-the-art equipment worth several million dollars.

APPARENTLY worried by the high cost of housing delivery in Nigeria, the Federal Government has begun to woo key players and stakeholders in the public and private sectors of the economy with concessions and waivers that would enable them provide affordable housing to millions of homeless Nigerians.

VARIOUS international human rights standards recognise a right to an adequate standard of living. These include the standards setting Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has embarked on a public consultation and fact finding mission on the Credited Advance Payment for Metering Implementation, CAPMI.

THE Federal Government has developed a draft policy and strategic plan for the management of electronic waste (e-waste) in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Environment, Mrs Laurentia Mallam at the Consultative Stakeholders’ Workshop on the Management of Electrical and Electronic Waste in Nigeria held recently in Abuja. The workshop was organised by the United Nation Industrial Development Organisation UNIDO in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Environment and other stakeholders.

MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Senator Bala Mohammed said last week that the government is relocating Nyanya, one of the FCT suburbs to Gidan Daya because it has become the most notorious slum in the nation’s capital.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Senator Bala Mohammed has awarded contracts to 34 waste management contractors in a bid to give the satellite towns and the six area councils of Abuja, a facelift.

Messrs Eagle Hills, the Abu Dhabi-based real estate investment and development company handling the development of Abuja Centenary City, has appointed construction giants, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC as a key collaborator and developer of the multi-billion dollar city.

The Chairman of the Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria, ESVARBON, Elder William Oruka Odudu last week, presided over the induction of 126 newly registered estate surveyors and valuers, vowing to use everything at his disposal to fight quackery in the profession.

HOMELESS Nigerian workers in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja may soon have a cause to smile. The reason is because the multi-billion Naira housing scheme being championed by the workers unions, will soon become a reality.

A novel partnership forged between the Federal Housing Authority, FHA and the National Association of Nigerian Traders, is set to add 5,000 units to the Abuja housing stock. The cooperative scheme which will comprise one, two and three bedroom apartments in blocks of flats, would be sited in Zuba, a suburb of the the Federal Capital Territory.

Against the backdrop of recurring failures in engineering and architectural projects in the country arising from shoddy jobs by engineers and architects handling the projects, a construction expert, Uwe Erich Halpick wants the country’s educational system to focus more on practicals than the theoretical aspects of education.

The Minister of Environment, Mrs. Lawrentia Mallam has attributed the unsustainable exploration and exploitation of the Nigeria’s natural resources as the main reason for the plethora of environmental challenges in the country. She listed some of the challenges to include biodiversity loss, deforestation and desertification, erosion and flooding.