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Housing sector overview and opportunities
Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00



The Ministry of Lands and Housing has a statutory responsibility for the formulation and implementation of government policies on lands and housing. It also deals with all maters relating to land and housing in the state.

Functions of the ministry are:

  • Provision of housing and housing infrastructures such as roads, drainages, water and electricity.
  • Provision of sites and services (layouts with infrastructural facilities)
  • Preparation of master plans
  • Processing and issuing of Certificates of Occupancy.
  • Land surveying and mapping activities
  • Processing and approval for subsequent land transactions, mortgage, assignment, lease, etc.
  • Land registration

    The Ministry has five functional departments, each headed by a director. The departments are:

  • Personnel, Finance and Supply/Planning, Research and Statistics.
  • Building services
  • Survey
  • Urban and Regional Planning
  • Lands

    The Town Planning and Development Authority, which was established in 1984, is a parastatal under the Ministry. Its functions include:

  • Granting of building plan permits for orderly development.
  • Provisions of sanitary conditions and amenities.
  • Provision of infrastructural facilities for urban growth.
  • Enforcement of Town and Country Planning Law.

    Housing provision in Kwara State is currently inadequate to house the area's 2.3 million citizens. Efforts by past governments to meet the demand for housing has been largely unsuccessful. Rural-urban migration, due to the deplorable state of infrastructural facilities in rural areas, have added further strain on housing in cities and towns.

    Kwara State's present administration has however already constructed 385 housing units while the building of another 250 units is in progress. Work has also recently been completed on drainage facilities, electricity supply and the fencing of the Irewolede housing estate. This development consists of 225 units of detached and semi-detached bungalows. Fifty of these units were sold to the public through the Kwara Investment and Property Development Company, while the other 205 units were sold to civil servants through the open ballot system.

    The following investment opportunity currently exists within Kwara's housing sector:

  • Kwara social housing estate needs investors

    For more information, please contact:

    Kwara State Ministry of Lands and Housing
    Contact: Mrs J. A. Aderinola
    Tel: +234 (0) 8053512449

    or

    the Senior Special Advisor on Investment - Mr Fela Ibidapo
    Email: felaibidapo@hotmail.com

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