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Tens of thousands of housing projects across Nigeria remain abandoned or incomplete, a review has found, with deteriorating buildings compounding a deficit that leaves millions without adequate shelter.
The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools in the FCT has asked the Federal Capital Territory Administration to set up a housing scheme for teachers, saying high accommodation costs are forcing some educators to commute long distances or sleep in classrooms.
Owners of Peka Park and Garden in Wuse, Abuja, allege that FCT officials demolished property, equipment and investments worth more than N1 billion despite a subsisting court order restraining interference with the premises.
House rents in Port Harcourt's highbrow areas have more than doubled in two years as oil-sector demand, a growing population and flooding push prices up and force low-income earners to the city's outskirts.
Property expert M.I. Okoro has called for an employer-supported home ownership scheme and deeper long-term capital from pension funds, insurers and banks to make housing affordable for Nigerian workers.
An elderly homeowner collapsed during a hearing at a Federal High Court in Lagos as residents of several Okokomaiko communities press a long-running demolition case involving agencies including LAMATA.
Realty Boss Assets Limited is promoting a phased land-ownership model it says lowers the entry barrier for ordinary Nigerians, anchored on its Obafemi Royal City development in Obafemi Owode LGA, Ogun State.
Residents of Abesan Housing Estate in Lagos are living in fear of further demolitions after the Lagos State Building Control Agency pulled down Block 341 over structural defects, with low-income landlords now facing integrity-test bills they say they cannot afford.
A Federal High Court in Lagos has appointed a receiver/manager to take control of a disputed high-rise property at No. 68 Molade Okoya Thomas Street, Victoria Island, pending the outcome of a suit filed by Dr Maryam Sani Abacha against Levitikal Realties & Construction Limited.