Nigeria: Country Has 16 Million Housing Shortfall - Minister

24 June 2009

Lagos — Minister of State, Works and Housing and Urban Development, Mrs Grace Ekpiwhere, yesterday said Nigeria had an estimated 16 million housing shortfall.

Ekpiwhere said in an interview News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Pretoria, that government could not meet the housing needs of Nigerians because of budgetary constraints.

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