Operators in the built industry have expressed concern that the top four presidential candidates have not prioritised housing in their electioneering campaigns.
The Executive Secretary of the Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria, Toye Eniola, said the candidates of the People’s Democratic Party, All Progressive Congress, Labour Party, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party have failed to show commitment to housing in their agenda.
He said, “The result of issues of land availability and high costs of urban land is the mushrooming of poorly built houses in the urban areas in wanton disregard of physical planning regulations and extant codes and standards. “It will be very difficult for any of them to do that while campaigning because they know it will be held against them. This is why you see most of them base their campaigns on frivolities. All the gimmicks done during their campaigns were mere mechanisms of defence to distract and divert the elections of the electorates and the people.”
“On the other hand, Tinubu on page 27 of his housing policy underscores public sector reforms in the area of housing, but barely touched on the roles of the private sector and how the government intends to robustly drive that sector in ensuring affordable housing that addresses the housing imbalance in Nigeria.”
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