Housing: Mailafia calls for industry standards

Former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Obadiah Malafia has called for the adoption of an industry standard to address the incidences of building collapse in the country.

Mailafia stated this in Abuja during the 13th Abuja International Housing Show award with the theme “Driving Sustainable Housing Finance Models in the midst of Global Uncertainty”.

He said the country has made a lot of progress in the building sector but needed to do more in order to prevent cases of building collapse.

Mailafia said industry standards are a set of criteria within an industry relating to the standard functioning and carrying out of operations in their respective fields of production.

He said it was high time the country commenced the building of a Nigerian ideal home that reflects its culture and identify.

He urged the federal government to fashion out strategies that would ensure that every home have a solar system.

“If we have solar in every home, a lot of problems will be solved such as creating job opportunity and also addressing the issue of light,” he said.

Former Minister of State for Health Mr Gabriel Aduku called on Nigerians to have a change of attitude to make the country move forward and achieve better things.

He said if things are done properly, the country would be exporting artisans with the attendant effect of creating more job opportunities for Nigerians.

On transportation, he advised that River Niger should be utilised to its full potential of improving the transportation system within the country.

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