Worried by the high cost of construction projects in Nigeria, the Federal Government last week, charged Quantity Surveyors to collaborate with the anti-graft agencies in order to strengthen the fight against corruption and unethical practices in the award of contracts.

Civil servants who were living in government-owned quarters at Abuja were during the monetization policy, given the option of expressing interest in buying the houses which they occupied.

Apparently worried by the activities of roadside estate agents who dupe innocent home seekers, the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers NIESV, which has consistently promised to sanitise agency business in the country, has once again promised to revolutionise estate agency practice in Nigeria. This time around, the Institution is promising action and not mere rhetoric.

Do you intend your house to stand out in your neighbourhood and you are engrossed with thoughts about what to do? Well, you may try covering the roof of your house with shingles instead of the popular long span aluminum or zinc being used by many home owners.

Africa’s Housing and Urban Development Ministers rose from the 4th session of the African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development, AMCHUD 4 in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital last week, with a commitment to strengthen and develop transformative National Urban Policy and adopting strategies for realizing smarter and more sustainable urban development.

Executive Director, International Centre for Energy, Environment and Development, ICEED.Mr. Ewah Otu Eleri, says the introduction of ten million clean cooking stoves would reduce the amount of wood that is used for cooking both in the rural and urban parts of the country.

Only last week in Abuja, Mr Bode Adediji handed over the leadership of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, NIESV to a new executive council to be led by Mr Emeka Eleh. In this chat with JUDE NJOKU, Adediji gives an account of his stewardship

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has inaugurated several housing estates in different parts of the state as direct fulfillment of his development agenda.

The Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide has signed an upward review of N29 billion contracts for infrastructural development of Kubwa and Karshi towns with SCC Nigeria Ltd. The projects are billed for completion in 108 weeks.

The time has come for the Lagos state government to develop its own policy on water and sanitation for the efficient and effective management of the sub-sector.

The reality of Climate Change is changing development paradigm every where in the world. Today, development emphasis is changing focus from fossil-heavy energy sources to green-energy, urbanisation technology is changing to more energy-friendly structures while Agricultural development is being redirected to intensive utilisation of land for maximum yield in order to preserve the natural forest.

Director of Development Control in the FCTA, Mallam Yahaya Yusuf in this interview with Favour Nnabugwu in Abuja, speaks on the spate of buildings collapse in the city, stressing that his department will do everything possible to restore the master plan of Abuja. He also warned Abuja residents to desist from converting residential buildings into commercial uses. Excerpts:

The reality of Climate Change is changing development paradigm every where in the world. Today, development emphasis is changing focus from fossil-heavy energy sources to green-energy, urbanisation technology is changing to more energy-friendly structures while Agricultural development is being redirected to intensive utilisation of land for maximum yield in order to preserve the natural forest.

Lagos State Public Works Corporation has restated its commitment to meet the target of completing 1,200 roads before the end of this year as part of the Corporation’s road maintenance programme for the year 2012.

The FCT Administration in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development is working out modalities to enable owners of the 5,000 Gwarinpa II houses get their certificates of occupancy, C of O .