Housing crisis: Declare emergency on building costs, not rent — Wamakko

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — Former President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, REDAN, Dr Aliyu Wamakko, has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on soaring building costs rather than rising rents, saying spiralling construction costs, not landlords, are driving Nigeria’s housing crisis. With rents climbing beyond the reach…