‘Government should prioritise physical planning, industrialise housing production'
REMI MAKINDE is a former president of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners(NITP). He spoke to VICTOR GBONEGUN on the need to adopt multiple strategies in addressing housing shortfalls and utilizing information and communication technology to improve professional development.
Town planning practice has evolved in methodologies. What should practitioners do to improve the profession in Nigeria?
First and foremost, planners need to take part in government and governance. I am happy that many town planners are getting interested and some of them are been elected into the house of assemblies and many are been appointed as commissioners in charge of physical planning and urban development for states that really understand planning. That has been very helpful.
Planning practice in Nigeria as we were taught in the university is between the government and the people, and of course politics too, and it means that the practitioners should get involved in politics in reaching out to the government and the people. You find out that government prioritizes its responsibility to the people and that is the more reason why town planners, if they want to succeed, must get involved with the government and of course represent the people properly Take, for instance, if they have a plan, to fund the plan, they have to convince the government on why they have to fund the plan and what they tend to achieve by doing that. We have to convince those in charge of the government to fund development plans.
There was a stage in Ogun State when a military governor came into office and awarded master plans for five major towns and cities like Abeokuta, Sagamu, Ilaro, Ijebu-Ode, and Ijebu Egbo. These were given to consultants, and by the time they submitted the final stage of their plans that military administration has been removed and another one came. When the consultants submitted their reports to the new administration and asked for the payment of their fees, the administration call people in and said with the money these people are asking for which was almost peanut, I could tar about 100 miles of roads in different parts of the state forgetting that without a good plan, there would not be progress. I expected that a military administration should know the importance of planning to be put in place before going to work.
Plans are to guide the future growth of these towns and cities. The administration didn’t fund the plans and am not sure if these plans have been paid for till now and so most of the towns and cities keep increasing in growth. If the military administration doesn’t understand the need for physical planning, how much more, a civilian administration. But you would be surprised that there is a difference.
When the first military administration of Lagos state, Late Mobolaji Johnson was in office, he had to take permission as a major from the man in charge of the Old West-Col. Adekunle (Governor) before he could visit Epe or Badagry because each time he has to visit Epe, he will have to go through Ijebu-Ode and come down at Epe. Anytime he had to visit Badagry he had to go through Ota through Ade-Odo before coming to Badagry, which was his domain. The military administration said you, town planners, what is happening. The then head of the planning department, Dr. Franklin Femi Akinyemi brought out the map and said, you could go through this swampy Orile-Iganmu through Ojoo and get to Badgry but there is no road there. That was what led to the birth of the first Expressway in Nigeria-the Badagry Road. Bolaji Johnson funded it and so didn’t have to go and beg somebody before been allowed to ply their territory. Also, the Map was looked at and it was discovered that one could get to Epe from Ikorodu via Ito-Ikin and that gave birth to Ito-Ikin Road to Epe. After the construction of the two roads, he had a memo sent to several places that these roads were built with taxpayers’ money and so it was a great achievement.
Those who embrace planning and realize the need to plan that is what they achieve. In 1974 under a military regime, the United Nations advised that we should have a plan for metro Lagos and that metro Lagos will spread to the part of Old West and they called in foreign and domestic consultants. Eventually, in 1975, the contract for the preparation of the master plans was signed with the federal government been part of the deal. That plan has begun and was completed in 1980 when Jakande came in 1979 and funded the finishing of the master plan. He started the implementation of recommendations in the master plan through the construction of schools, which were doing three stripes of learning hours; retain sites for schools, the recommendation for roads and others. I was a civil servant then and I took part in the design of the master plan for metro Lagos and regional master plan.
So you find out that depending on who is in charge of the government, any interest in planning helps the growth of Lagos. The master plan for Lagos gained more from the Civilian administration that Military administration in Lagos state’s history.
The housing deficit in Nigeria remains very huge and efforts to address the shortfall by successive governments in the country haven’t really brought a deeper relief. What advice would you offer the federal and state governments on the challenge?
The issue of housing is such that to provide houses for the low-income group is the responsibility of the government anywhere in the world. But it has to be done with a plan in place. First and foremost, there are different strategies to do this. The number one is the government can provide the land and the infrastructural facilities but this will cost from 60 to 70 percent of the cost of the house itself. Those who are ready to build let the government provide the land and facilities like water, road, power, and others. If the government gives land and you are not building, they should give it to somebody else who is ready. Jakande for example put in those buildings and asked for people to apply and at that time 11,500 people applied. These were the people who paid either 1,100 for two-bedroom flat or N1, 200 for three bedrooms flat as a deposit.
They provided all the shells and you are to finish it to your taste. Only 1,500 people applied and so he built 12,500 instead of his plan to build 15,000. When they asked him why he didn’t complete the 15,000, he said he didn’t want to spend taxpayers’ money wrongly. Those who got the buildings were only paying N38 per month and there was a mortgage bank set up for it for 25 years. Many of those who paid sold their house for N4m and N5m depending on locations.
The other way is to provide a title for the land and make loans accessible at a very reasonable rate and of 10 or 20 percent. Have insurance policy in place should the owner dies so that the insurance policy would cover the rest of the mortgage left so that they don’t kick the family out. Another way the government could provide needed houses for the low-income earners, is to go into industrial housing where you have the fabrication done and then it is assembled at building locations. Look at what happened in China where they built a 57storey building within 19 to 20 days. If the government industrialize housing production, the price of housing will be cheaper for the people.
Many people are been displaced as a result of the government’s efforts to upgrade and reduce slum settlements. How would you advise the government to tackle this menace effectively?
The government should make arrangements for them on where they could move to as palliative measures. The government should involve the people and bring in facilities like roads, drainage, recreational places, health centers, and others. The scenario with Tarkwa bay has been there for years as a slum. If the people in Singapore or the United Arab Emirates say they won’t develop such places in their countries, they won't be where they are today. Government has been giving them a lot of notices.
They can’t be there forever.. I was the first director in charge of urban renewal schemes in Lagos state and Lagos state government all through the years has been doing a lot in the form of urban renewal programs.
Lagos was the first in a federation that ever gave attention to the development of slums. Maroko was the only slum that has been cleared in Lagos sate and they couldn’t have to retain Maroko because it was going to be underwater because in 1991 we had rain that fell for 16 continuous days in June and the place was been submerged.
There are concerns about the curriculum being used in tertiary institutions. What are the critical challenges, how do we groom and develop the capacity of the young professionals?
You will find out that there is a need for specialization. In the school we attended at Polytechnic Ibadan and Melbourne, Australia, there was no room for the specialization but today people now go into housing, urban design, physical planning, transportation, and other special and serious areas. Depending on the university a person attends and their policy would determine what type of town planner you would be.
The young professionals must be made to understand that they have to utilize the information and communication technology age to improve their delivery in the profession. Years ago, you could go through universities and many courses in Nigeria without learning how to use the laptop, the AutoCAD and other modern tools but now it has become a must for young professionals.
Nigeria's population is exploding yearly leading to urbanization. How do we ensure that Nigerian cities are fully planned and illegal structures are reduced to the minimal level?
Well, if we don’t plan the existing cities, and make projections for their growth, we will be killing the cities. That is why I support the preparation of development plans and the structured plans for our towns and cities. We shouldn’t do it to the disadvantage of rural areas and that is why professionals are agitating that the government shouldn’t only plan the cities and towns. For example, Lagos Metro alone uses over 90 percent of the infrastructural facilities in Lagos state.
That is why they should prepare a structured plan, development plan and master plans for all other towns and cities and have projections as well as make the plans revisable every five years putting into mind economic development.
Policymakers often look at the report of the physical development plans as a ‘piece of paper’ and don’t often see the need to prioritize planning? How can the professional in the industry change this narrative?
That is due to ignorance. If people in government understand that whatever policy or plans they might have whether they want to build schools, hospitals, roads industry, and others, 90 percent of these policies and directives would be translated on the land. The use of land is the prerogative of the town planners who know what is best for a piece of land and it should be used for. There is no land that is useless throughout the country. In FESTAC town, the first 200 yards adjoining Badagry road is buffer. One, it is swampy, two is to reduce noise pollution from the city of FESTAC town and that has been retained. The professionals should keep educating the people on the need for physical planning.
Some people have raised issues with the plan-less state of the majority of Nigerian cities and lack of efficient spatial land-use planning while Nigeria has many experts in town planning. What is your position on this?
From experience, Nigerian town planners prepare the plans but it is the government that has to be convinced to fund the plans. We have the ideas and the plans in place but the funding is the problem. The government has a lot of priorities. The Gbagada Expressway up to Ijesha plan left the drawing board in 1949 but it was not funded at all until 1972. That is for about 23 years. The same 1949 Ikorodu road to Yaba, the reservation was there for a ten-lane road but it was not funded until 1972. Those who knew Ikorodu very well will find out that it was two lanes from Ikorodu to Maryland, then, from Maryland, you have four lanes to Lagos without any median stripe.
In the case of Agege motor road plan left the drawn board in 1936, reservation from Idioro to Agege was there, but many buildings were coming in and so many people who got heir approvals from September 1936 to 1973 when the road construction started didn’t get any compensation for their buildings because their buildings were approved under the Interim Development Order stamped on their approvals that they won't get any compensation because of the agreement.
We will bring in the government. On several occasions through the years, the government has been trying to draw a master plan for Ibadan even when the Expressway was drawn and was suppose to by-pass Ibadan, suddenly they provided accessibility and people just started building. Most of the Cocoa farms that were there went into physical development. That was how the problem of Ibadan became a serious one. Eventually, the immediate past administration in the state has in place a master plan that is still being produced.
It took years by different administrations to get a sustainable Ibadan Infrastructural facility done. Ibadan is known for flood disasters, most of the drainage channels have been drawn but unfortunately, they have to continuously maintain it because of careless use and blockage with plastics and refuse dumps.
What are your projections for Nigerian cities in the next five years and advise to Lagos state government?
Many more towns and cities would have more plans in place because in most cases planners have been made to be in charge of physical planning and urban development. Once the plans are in place and they are funded, things will be better for Nigerians and our cities.
We envisaged that the population of Lagos would explode because of our culture, tradition, and need for economic development. Lagos had the best of facility for education, health, employment opportunities and so on. Once there is a motorable road for moving of building materials, people will move anywhere to build. The state government should continue to listen to planning advice and fund planning at the right time.
Source: Guardian
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Former President, Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA), Chief. Charles Majoroh has called for the...
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Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), has charged accredited consultants to be more...
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Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has laid the foundation for the construction of...
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Ex-Nigerian international (footballer), Joseph Yobo, says to reduce the country’s housing...
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The Federal Government has completed 2,500 housing units in 34 states, the Minister of Works and...
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The International Facility Management Association, Nigeria Chapter and Applied Engineering...
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The Chairman, Sparklight Property Development Company, Chief Olutoyin Adeyinka, has said the...
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Real estate investors in the Lekki area of Lagos State have decried the distortion of the master...
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The Women Association of Quantity Surveyors in Nigeria has called on the government and private...
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Worried by Nigeria’s huge housing deficit estimated at 17 million units and more than N59...
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Property developers have called on the federal and state governments to provide the required...
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The President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Rev Ugochukwu Chime has...
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Nigeria’s first and biggest independent real estate network marketing firm, Adloyalty...
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The Ogun State Government says it will soon begin to revive some of its major old towns by giving...
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Stakeholders in the real estate industry have said Nigeria can solve its housing deficit challenge...
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The President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Rev Ugochukwu Chime has...
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Residents seek intervention over alleged land conversionHopes of subscribers in the...
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Dubai Government initiatives, including the formation of a new real estate committee to regulate...
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The Chief Executive Officer of Cielo City Estate, Mr. Damilola Ogunyemi, has said Nigeria’s...
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Stakeholders have commenced a process to address the problem of data collation that has been a...
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The National Assembly has written to the Nigeria Institute of Building, expressing its concern over...
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Nura DanMusa is a certified architect from the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Cyprus, and...
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According to the provision of section 4 (1) (e) of the FCT Act, the FCDA is charged with the...
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Except for the Federal Government and private developers focus more on the production of homes for...
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The Presidency has said the sale of over 1,094 housing units completed by the Ministry of Works and...
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A past president of the Africa Union of Architects, Tokunbo Omisore, says with the increase in...
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Emerging Homeland Development Limited, developers of Silver Spring Residence, has said the Ibeju...
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The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said his administration...
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Lagos State Government has collaborated with Architects Registration Council (ARCON) by raising a...
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Kano state government has expressed readiness to key into the National Housing Scheme to...
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he Refined Investor Series 2020 promises to provide actionable insights for Real Estate Investors...
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Better days are ahead for property developers and investors as residential vacancy rate has...
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The complex is designed to reduce paperwork in most official dealings as all offices will be able...
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Worried by the alarming rate of Nigeria’s housing deficit, a property investment...
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Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako (left)...
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The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said the ministry would soon...
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President, International Real Estate Federation, FIBACI-Nigeria, Adeniji Adele (Left), FIBACI...
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Despite the critical role of shelter to human survival, availability of housing units for a...
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ELENA PANARITIS is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Thought Action and guest speaker at...
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The shelter is recognised as a basic human right, however, due to the high cost of building...
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FESADEB Communications Limited, a leading brand in the Nigerian housing and Public Relations...
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Worried about possible exclusion from completed Federal Government Housing schemes, contributors...
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Abandoned to fate by successive governments, the ancient city of Badagry has been bereft of any...
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Charters Cities Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to building the ecosystem for new...
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Despite the lull in the property market, a new report says the country’s real estate...
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Eggheads in the nation’s real estate sector have predicted a marginal growth in the sector...
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The United Kingdom housing market may bounce back in 2020, now that there is less uncertainty...
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Northcourt Real Estate will host the Nigeria Real Estate Market Outlook Breakfast meeting and...
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With the accelerated development-taking place on the Lekki corridor, investors and developers...
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House sales in major cities in the United States are expected to nosedive in 2020, thereby...
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The Federal Government has been urged to keep off from direct construction of housing and...
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The Society for Professional Valuation, (SPV) has called on Nigeria’s anti-corruption...
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Experts in real estate business have called for concerted efforts aimed at attracting Nigerians in...
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Nigeria’s luxury real estate market has taken a beating lately due to several fundamentals,...
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Real Estate experts have canvassed the need for government to put in place policy that would compel...
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The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria processed and disbursed a total of N75.5bn for 3,541 mortgages...
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The Chairman, Board of Trustee of the Society for Professional Valuation, Mr Sola Enitan,has said...
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Frank Okosun is the Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Knight Frank Nigeria. In this...
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At a time when macroeconomic and political forces are aggravating the challenges of affordable...
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The hope of total recovery for Nigerian real estate in 2020 might not be in sight, as industry...
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Experts in the real estate industry have revealed that the next frontier that would redefine the...
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Experts have charged the managers of housing corporations and developers in the real estate sector...
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As the momentum for housing delivery by private estate developers shifts away from the luxury...
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Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Mr Wasiu Adedamola Akewusola (left); Special Adviser to...
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The built environment has been fraught with challenges of collapse, quackery, substandard...
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Despite the reprieve promised by the Lagos government to property owners, professional groups and...
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Chairman, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Nigeria Group, Gbenga Ismail (left);...
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real Estate experts have canvassed the need for government to put in place policy that would compel...
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Many Nigerians are obsessed with Houses which is a reasonable thing as shelter is one of most...
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The business mogul said this at the 2019 Mo Ibrahim Forum. Dangote hinted that he avoids luxury...
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n the real estate investing business, real estate investors need to be familiar with the term...
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The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday said the ministry would soon...
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To boost home ownership, experts in the real estate sector have called for holistic implementation...
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Three years after the authorities finalised plans to embark on the redevelopment of Adeniji Adele,...
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To make Nigeria’s real estate sector more investable, and increase liquidity to drive greater...
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Except there is a reorientation on locations, design and foundation methodology in flood prone...
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The Lagos State Government has cautioned real estate developers in the state not to build without...
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The Lagos and Ogun state governments are in talks to control water released from the Oyan Dam which...
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A joint development commission that will foster a strong economic relationship between the Federal...
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Despite a rebound in some sectors of the economy, the property market has remained slow in...
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Landlords don’t just collect rent checks. Successful landlords must understand the law,...
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Landlords don’t just collect rent checks. Successful landlords must understand the law,...
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Ms. Leilana Fartha, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Adequate Housing, on Monday advised the...
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The Nigeria’s luxury real estate market has taken a beating lately due to several...
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CAPE metropolis – The modern global real estate and Transparency Index (GRETI) has shown an...
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Kylie Jenner these days grew to become 19 years vintage in a $50M condominium property, known as...
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The annual West African property investment (WAPI) Summit, the area’s most distinguished and...
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The Federal mortgage bank of Nigeria says it has invested over N197 billion to deliver over 26000...
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