The 16th edition of the Africa International Housing Show (AIHS), was officially flagged off today with interesting and mind-blowing sessions spanning different burning issues in Nigeria’s construction industry.
Real Estate
Encomium have continued to trail personalities and organizations in the built and construction industry, following their recognition at the just concluded 16th Africa International Housing Show (AIHS) Awards Presentation and Gala Night.
The management of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has moved to recover all properties and parcels of land in its various estates that have been taken illegally.
Mr. Kunle Awobodu, the immediate past president of the Nigeria Institute of Building (NIOB), has denounced the growth of the soil testing industry in the housing market, claiming it is one of the main causes of the nation’s frequent building collapses or structural failures.
The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) has said that the surest way to fight money laundering and terrorism financing in the African continent is by taking profit out of crime through the implementation of a strong anti-money laundering and terrorism proliferation frameworks across climes.
In preparation for another edition of Africa’s largest housing and construction event, Africa International Housing Show (AIHS), participants have been urged to explore the various mortgage opportunities at the one-off event to actualize their homeownership dreams.
The spates of building collapse in Nigeria has over time assumed a very worrisome state as many lives have been lost and huge properties/investments wasted.
Since 1995, West African Ceramics Limited, a major producer of ceramics under the brand name “ROYAL,” has been meeting the demands of the West African building material industry by producing vitrified, digital, and roofing tiles.
FCTA Says Abuja Property Owners Owe N29bn In Ground Rents.
According to the Federal Capital Area Administration, ground rent owed by property owners in the territory in total is to the tune of N29,506,643,943.98.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), yesterday, announced that it had started looking into housing estates in Abuja, Lagos, and Port Harcourt that were finished but uninhabited and were thought to be used as money laundering conduits.