Nigeria has won the right to host the 35th International Federation of Surveyors, FIG Conference /General Assembly in Abuja. Already a delegation of FIG is in the country to inspect the nation’s preparedness for the 2013 world surveyors’ conference.

Come Saturday, March 24 in Abuja, Mr. Emeka Eleh 48, will mount the rostrum to be decorated as the new President of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, NIESV. In this interview, Mr. Eleh who is the founding partner of Ubosieleh & Co unveils the major plank of his two-year tenure. Excerpts:

The slow pace of housing development in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, is the handiwork of past and present Ministers of the Federal Capital Territory and some unscrupulous politicians. This was the view of the Group Managing Director, Century 21 Real Estate Group, Mr. Felix Modebe

Succour may be in the offing for millions of Nigerian families struggling to have access to affordable cooking fuels as a partnership of key federal government agencies, the private sector and donors have laid out plans to phase out the traditional use of fuel wood in Nigerian homes.

Against the backdrop of massive flooding in some states, the Ondo State Government said it has risen to the occasion and has put in place measures to ensure that incidents of flooding are nipped in the offing.