Affordable housing has been described as one of the surest means for creation of jobs , eradication of poverty,reduction of corruption and ensuring the security of nation.
It is on this note that the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) is urging the Federal Government, especially the incoming administration to make mass housing’s construction a top priority in order reduce housing shortage among Nigerians ,create jobs, eradicate poverty, reduce corruption and insecurity in the country.
NIOB President, Professor Yohana Iza and the Second Vice President, AbimbolaKolade, shared this opinion during the two-day workshop of the group in Abuja on: “Innovation and Technology in Housing Development.”
Painting the picture of the Nigeria’s housing deficit of over 17 million units, Prof Izam said there was an urgent need for mass housing provision in the country.
“I will say that the incoming administration should consider it as a priority to begin to develop mass houses for Nigerians that will solve a social welfare problem and reflect the economy that will create jobs for the teaming populace,” he said.
Speaking about the adoption of dry construction, the university lecturer said that dry building was about solving the issue of speed of construction.
According to him, many others countries have used the technology to address the issue of mass housing provision.
He explained that dry construction would reduce the number of sites activities.
“That is referring to industrialised building systems, which use more prefabricated parts and can be put up quickly on a construction site.
“So it is dry because the operations are being considerably reduced because most of the construction components are being produced off the site and they are only been assembled, he said
According to him, with the adoption of dry building, the time of construction and cost of production are reduced.
“In the long time factory production of a considerable number of components improves the quality of the components and also in the long time reduces the cost of production.
“If we can do 700,000 units in Nigeria for the next 10 to 20 years, then, we will now stabilize in the housing sector,” he said.
Also, Kolade said that the nation’s housing challenge we have in Nigeria was enormous, adding that inability to know the actual data was another issue
He canvassed the introduction of innovation and technology in housing delivery in Nigeria from both the initial stage to the production stage.
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