Nigeria: 52 Years of Homelessness - Experts Proffer Solutions to Dearth of Affordable Housing

2 October 2012

Housing is one of the three basic needs of man. After food and clothing, the next basic human need is housing. In civilised climes, provision of housing is seen as a fundamental social responsibility of the government to its citizenry.

However, records show that Nigeria has a housing deficit of about 17million. How far this frightening gap can be closed or how well the authorities have facilitated the citizenry in achieving these basic needs still remains a paradox.

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