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Stakeholders argue that rising construction-material costs, not a shortage of building effort, are deepening Nigeria's housing deficit, and want incentives for domestic manufacturing.
Residents of three Ebute-Metta West communities have asked Lagos State's planning appeals committee for N1 billion in compensation over a 2024 demolition they say was unlawful.
A two-storey building being manually demolished in Aboru, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, collapsed overnight, killing one worker and leaving two others injured, LASEMA said.
Nigeria's housing ministry has set up a 15-member ministerial committee to turn validated stakeholder recommendations into an implementation framework for housing sector reforms, giving it six weeks to deliver a work plan.
Rising construction costs and a weaker naira are pushing up Lagos property prices and rents even as many tenants and buyers are priced out, a Lagos estate surveyor argues.
An estate developer has asked President Tinubu to call the Federal Housing Authority's CEO to order, after the agency posted demolition notices on Lagos properties while a suit was pending in court.
An analysis argues that Nigeria's urban challenges are institutional as much as infrastructural, and that data, coordination, continuity and accountability should drive city development.
The federal government says it is determined to make Nigeria's real estate and built environment sector one of the biggest contributors to GDP, with the housing minister outlining investor-protection reforms.
Nigeria's Rural Electrification Agency and Family Homes Funds Limited have signed a five-year agreement to make energy planning and renewable power part of affordable housing projects from the design stage.