For many Nigerians, access to decent and affordable housing remains a critical challenge. The housing challenge is made worse by the rise in rural-urban migration, which continues to stretch the limited public infrastructure in urban centres.
According to Shettima, the country’s housing deficit requires N21 trillion to be effectively bridged. Shettima spoke in Sokoto at the groundbreaking ceremony of the construction of a 500-unit housing estate to be constructed by the Governor Ahmed Aliyu-led administration.
