The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Admini-stration, FCTA, Senator Bala Mohammed has disclosed that with the successful implementation of the on-going Abuja Land Swap Initiative, over N3.2 trillion secondary investment is expected to be generated for the Federal Capital Territory.

The uncontrolled urban sprawl due to lack of approved layouts for various development projects along Lekki Peninsula, Lagos has continued to remain a major concern for built environment experts.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Senator Bala Mohammed disclosed at the weekend that the FCT accounts for 10 per cent of the 17 million housing deficit in Nigeria. The minister disclosed this while commissioning a 49-unit luxury apartments christened “AICL Apo- Dutse Housing Estate”.

DOES Nigeria actually have a housing shortfall of 17 million housing units? This and many other issues are what a National Housing Survey being undertaken by the Federal Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, is expected to unravel

Arising from the just concluded 44th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) with the theme “Construction Industry Development: Collaboration, Innovations and Capacity Building” which held in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, professional builders have called for the formation of a consortium of experts in the building industry in order to encourage and improve construction project delivery

The inflows into the Emerging Market (EM) funds slowed further, to $1.8billion for the second successive week, as positive flows into Global Emerging Market, GEM funds declined, according to report by Renaissance Capital, Rencap.

Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, former minister of states, Education, no doubt, is one of the richest lawyers in Nigeria without taking any loan from any bank in the world.

Lagos residents have been assured by the state government that it would intensify and sustain its all-year round de-flooding programme consisting of pre-rain, mid-rain and post-rain strategies to provide relief measures this rainy season.

Nigerite Limited, a Lagos-based complete building solutions company, has justified its partnership with the Lagos State government on enterprise development projects, saying it is motivated by the need to encourage skills acquisition and capacity building.

Due to increased demand for water consumption in Lagos State, the government has approved an ambitious plans to commence the construction of Adiyan Water Works Phase II. When completed, it will double the existing 70 million and bring the water work to 140 million gallons per day.

Eight months ago, during the launch of the Nigeria Mortgage Refinancing Company, NMRC, the President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan promised to provide affordable housing to the millions of homeless Nigerians by the end of the second quarter of the year.

As the commercial hub of the country, the demand for housing in Lagos is ever increasing. This is mainly due to continuous influx of people into the nation’s commercial capital on a daily basis. These immigrants whose main reason for coming to Lagos is to seek greener pastures, however end up residing in the city that is already over congested.

The Kogi State government last week, unveiled plans to build a solid waste recycling plant worth $85 billion to help curtail the myriad of environmental challenges facing the state.

The UACN Property Development Company, UPDC has flagged off the construction of a 200 housing estate in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Christened Calabar Golf Estate, the project is being executed in partnership with Cross River State Government.

By Kingsley Adcgboye Reacting to the view held by most Lagos residents that roads in the metropolis are in deplorable conditions due to neglect, the Lagos State government last week, insisted that it has delivered on its promise to provide good roads infrastructure. In fact, the Statc claimed that it has done more than all […]