At the just-concluded annual Builder’s Day 2024, the president of the Nigerian Institute of Building called for government intervention by implementing policies that encourage local production of building materials. Recall that in the early 1990s, there was a popular slogan that said: “Housing for all by the year 2020”. Thirty-four years down the line, nothing has happened.
Another challenge that has militated against provision of housing in the country is the use of quacks and substandard materials. This has resulted in building collapses in big cities like Lagos. Any contractor who is not a professional should not be allowed to handle building projects and this is where monitoring of housing projects comes in. It is also important to mention that high cost of building materials has contributed significantly to poor housing delivery in the country.
• Ensure integration of environmentally, friendly practices, materials and technology into the construction process; • In order to bridge the gap in the housing sector, both the federal and the state governments should make it as a policy to construct one hundred thousand housing units nationwide each year starting from 2025 for a period of twenty-five years;
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