Housing minister, builders to meet in Lagos over Nigeria's housing gap
- PEWAN holds its 2026 annual lecture on Wednesday at NECA House in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
- Housing Minister Muttaqha Darma is expected as special guest; UPDC's Odunayo Ojo will chair.
- Talks will focus on sustainable building, facility management and new building materials.
Housing professionals, government officials and private developers go gather for Lagos on Wednesday to look at practical ways to close Nigeria housing gap. The event na the 2026 annual lecture of the Property and Environment Writers' Association of Nigeria (PEWAN), one body of journalists wey dey cover housing and environment.
E go hold at the NECA House Conference Hall for Central Business District, Alausa, Ikeja, on November 4. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Muttaqha Darma, na im dem expect as Special Guest of Honour, while Mr Odunayo Ojo, Managing Director of UPDC Plc, dem invite to chair the session.
The theme na "Re-imagining Housing: Sustainability, Facility Management and Innovative Building Materials." For plain talk, the talks go cover how to build cheaper and safer, how to keep existing estates and buildings in good repair, and how newer materials fit lower the cost of putting up a home.
Why e matter to ordinary Nigerians
Nigeria get well-known housing shortage, and many families dey spend large share of their income on rent. Builders and officials argue say cheaper materials and better upkeep of wetin already dey fit ease pressure on rents and make decent homes more reachable.
Mr Lolu Alade-Akinyemi, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HBM Nigeria Plc, go speak on "Innovative Building Materials: Place of the Private Sector." Dem expect im paper to focus on how private investment and business innovation fit raise construction standards.
The General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Bldr. Florence Omolola Gbaye, dem nominate for special recognition award for her work for built environment. Dem expect say she go give goodwill message and speak on the agency efforts to enforce building control and safer construction for Lagos, one state wey building collapses don be recurring concern.
HBM Nigeria Plc and Alade-Akinyemi also dey lined up for recognition for their work for building materials innovation. Organisers talk say the awards go go to people and organisations for public and private sectors wey their work don improve quality and sustainability.
Dem expect built environment professionals, environmental science lecturers, government officials, real estate operators, non-governmental organisations, recyclers and students for the lecture.
PEWAN Chairman Mrs Okwy Chikezie talk ahead of the event say the annual lecture na meant to be platform for informed discussion of developments, challenges and opportunities for built environment. She talk say the association hope to push stronger collaboration between government and private operators to improve housing delivery.
Wetin happen next
The lecture go hold on Wednesday, November 4. Any proposals wey come out of am go still need buy-in from government and developers before dem fit affect building costs or housing policy.
