The Special Committee set up by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to ensure speedy completion of work on the 15 soil erosion and flood control projects in the South-East states has concluded the first phase of its assignment; with inspection visit to eight ecological projects in Imo and Anambra States.

Nigeria requires sustained expenditure of about $14.2 billion per year over the next decade to provide non-existent infrastructure and fix the ailing ones. This amount translates to about 12 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP. Currently, the country spends about $5.9 billion per year on Federal infrastructure or five percent of the country’s GDP.

As the 2013 rainy season gathers steam, fear has gripped residents of Ayobo and Igbo-Ilogbo, in Ipaja-Ayobo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, that the area may be isolated. Reason: the only road linking the over 10 communities in the area has been abandoned by the council authourities.

Governments at all levels should properly mainstream climate change into its infrastructural development for resilience and sustainability.

Lagos State Real Estate Transaction Regulatory Authority, a new body charged with the responsibility to regulate the practice of estate agency in the state, has registered the Lagos State branch of Estate Rent Commission Agents of Nigeria, ERCAN to regulate the activities of estate agents operating in state.