Why Nigeria’s Housing Deficit Quadrupled in Three Decades
Nigeria has an estimated 28 million housing deficit as of 2023, indicating that the country needs at least 28 million housing units to provide adequately for the population. An estimated sum of N21 trillion is required to provide housing units to fill the deficit. This means the reals estate sector needs an investment of over N21 trillion […]
Operators project over 60% rise in housing deficit
Experts in Nigeria’s built industry have predicted an over 60 per cent rise in the housing deficit by 2050, on the back of rising population and urbanisation worsened by economic conditions. The Treasurer of the Nigerian Institute of Building, Lagos Chapter, Philips Ayotunde, projected that the housing deficit would increase by over 60 per cent […]
Foreign Investors’ Participation in Nigeria’s Housing Sector will Enhance Standard – UPDC MD
Although the data on the deficit in Nigeria’s housing sector is unknown, there can be no gainsaying the fact that millions of Nigerians need befitting shelter. In the face of deficit and incessant building collapse, the managing director of UACN Property Development Company (UPDC), in this interview told Nairametrics that Nigeria needs foreign investors in […]
Stakeholders Blame Rise in Mental Disorders on Anti-People Policies
A consultant psychiatrist and senior lecturer at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Dr. Okwudili Obayi, has blamed the increasing rate of mental health challenges in Nigeria on spate of anti-people policies imposed on the populace. Obayi made the remark, in a lecture titled, “Changing the Narratives in Mental Health, The Role […]
Why We Can’t Breastfeed Our Babies, Bauchi, Taraba Women Lament
Research has shown that breastfeeding can help protect babies against some short and long-term illnesses and diseases, and even prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). According to UNICEF, breastfed children have at least 6 times greater chance of survival in the early months than non-breastfed children and an exclusively breastfed child is 14 times less […]
FG Appoints 11 New CMDs for Federal Medical Facilities
Federal Government has appointed 11 new Medical Directors for the Federal Government established Medical Facilities in the country. In a statement assigned by Director Press & Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health, Patricia Deworitshe made the disclosure. The new CMDs are Prof. Nyandanti Yakub Wilberforce, MD, Federal Medical Centre, Hong, Adamawa State, Prof. Issa Baba […]
NEMA Sets Mechanisms for Emergency Flood Interventions
NIHSA lists high flood risk statesNational Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), has set in motion mechanism for emergency preparedness, mitigation and response activities across the country. Director General, NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed disclosed that under an emergency coordination forum, the agency is taking various steps to prepare for and mitigate possible flood disaster this year, various at […]
NEMA Distributes Relief Materials to Flood Victims, Vulnerable Across Nigeria
By Ibrahim Dan-Halilu The National Emergency Management (NEMA) has commenced the distribution of relief materials to the vulnerable and victims of flood and other disasters across the 36 states and FCT. The agency is expected to distribute relief material to over 600,000 households under the presidential intervention programme tagged Special National Economic and Livelihood Emergency […]
10 FCTA Directors Disregard Revised Public Service Rules
About 10 directors in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have refused to heed the newly revised Public Service Rules which mandated directors in the public sector who had stayed in office for at least eight years to retire. Recall that the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan, via a memo dated […]
FCTA Trains 1,500 Staffs on New Civil Service Strategy, Implementation Plan
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday, began the training of 1,500 staff on the new Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan, 2021-2025. The Director, Human Resource, FCTA, Mallam Mohammed Bashir, said that the training was being conducted by the Department of Reform Coordination and Service Improvement. He explained that the civil service […]