Mr. Francisco Abosede, a Town planner, is the immediate past Commissioner for Physical Planning in Lagos. In this interview with DOTUN IBIWOYE, he spoke on a number of issues affecting the construction industry. Excerpts

In the next two years, Lagos is expected to witness series of housing estates that would boost the housing needs of the state both in the metropolis and the suburb.

Government officials and stakeholders in the financial services industry said that Nigeria’s economic growth rate, in spite of its huge infrastructure deficit, at a time of slow growth across developing economies, as well as the economic transformative agenda of the present government, especially its commitment to infrastructure development, makes are some of the reason why the country is the first choice for investment in Africa.

The Lagos State Government has tasked community development associations CDAs and members of the informal sector to cooperate with the government to make Lagos metropolis a clean environment for human habitation.

Last Thursday, one of the few Nigerian Institutions still alive to its corporate responsibility, called a Press Conference in Abuja. The focus of the Conference was not to idolize the Chief Executive of the Agency or to massage the ego of the Supervising Minister. The focus was to alert Nigerians to very salient and vital warnings that could determine life and death.