Posted by : Emog in (Leadership and Politics)
Housing Made Easy.
I attended the recently concluded Lagos Economic Summit.
You will be surprised at the plans that already exist to transform
Lagos into a model mega city. In one of the sessions, the Lekki
master plan was unveiled and I discovered that a bridge could be
built linking Lagos to Warri. If this is done, it will take 4 hours to
get to Port Harcourt from Lagos. I don’t think it will cost as much
to do this compared to the excess money that was paid in error to
revitalize the power sector. All it takes is a political decision.
In the past, owning a home normally takes years of service. You
save to buy the land, then you save to build, before you can think
of living in it. This is gradually coming to an end. I was excited
when I heard that the Lagos State Government launched a N40bn
mortgage scheme propelled by four banks. The aim of this scheme
is to help the medium and low income earners own a house of their
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