Abuja Housing Show to honour 4 govs

Abuja Housing Show which opens in Abuja on June 23 is annual gathering of stakeholders in the housing sector.The governors to be honoured are Kashim Shettima of Borno State, Theodore Orji of Abia State, Babangida Aliyu of Niger State and Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State. The coordinator of the 8th Abuja Housing Show and […]

Abuja Housing Show which opens in Abuja on June 23 is annual gathering of stakeholders in the housing sector.
The governors to be honoured are Kashim Shettima of Borno State, Theodore Orji of Abia State, Babangida Aliyu of Niger State and Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State.
The coordinator of the 8th Abuja Housing Show and Executive Producer of Housing Programme on AIT, Barr Festus Adebayo disclosed that these governors will receive Housing Governor Award for their numerous contributions to housing development in their respective states.
According to Adebayo, the governors are honoured in recognition of their work and to encourage more to make their marks in the development of the housing sector in Nigeria.
According to the organiser, “The governors were said to have developed not less than 5,000 housing units for civil servants in their states through their Public-Private Partnership Scheme.”
The Coordinator of the 8th Abuja Housing Show 2014, and Executive Producer of Housing Programme on AIT, Barr Festus Adebayo, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja, adding that the Housing Show/Award is an annual programme for honouring, recognizing and encouraging those who have contributed to the development of housing sector in Nigeria and this is the 8th edition.
The housing event with the theme “Accelerating Housing/Infrastructural Development through Public-Private Partnership for Job Creation and Economic Fortification”will feature many notable experts in affordable housing, housing finance and urban development, such as Prof. Pedro B. Ortiz Castano, Senior Urban Consultant, World Bank, Sonnie Ayere, the interim Managing Director of Mortgage Refinance, Sidney Yankson and CEO of Ghana Capitals, Nya-Etok E.A.
Minster of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Mrs Akon Etim Eyakenyi will deliver the Keynote address.
This year’s Abuja Housing Show will feature 105 exhibitors in the housing sector and not less than 1000 attendees from all over Nigeria including all the Commissioners for Lands, Housing and Urban Development.
The programme is organized with the support of the Federal Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Abuja Property Writers Association of Nigeria, Housing Development Programme on AIT & Housing News Newspaper, Centre for Human Settlement, FUT Minna and UN Habitat, Nigeria.