Our Aim Is To Provide Decent And Affordable Housing, Says Benson-Awoyinka
...Woo foreign investors
Lagos State Government has reiterated its intent to provide decent and affordable housing system for the people of the State.
The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Housing, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, made this known at the maiden Lagos Real Estate Marketplace Conference and Exhibitions organised by Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority (LASRERA) held December 9-10, 2020, at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island.
She said: “We will make businesses thrive, and we will relentlessly pursue the sole aim of government which is the protection of lives and property beginning with the provision of decent and affordable housing for the people of our dear State Lagos.”
For foreign investors to identify the real estate practitioners, Benson-Awoyinka said: “Since inception, LASRERA has made frantic efforts to change the negative image of unscrupulous and fraudulent practices which bedevilled the Sector for years by the activities of a few at the expense of the majority.”
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“As parts of our efforts towards transforming the industry, LASRERA has leveraged on technology to make it easy for anyone anywhere in the World to access the data of accredited Real Estate Practitioners/ Property Developers and their products upon the touch of a button on the World Wide Web on the https://lasrera.lagosstate.gov.ng site.”
The Special Adviser also woo investors in the sector to team up with the government through Private Public Partnership (PPP) to create a homeownership model that will help her address the deficits observed in the housing market.
Panellists at the event with the theme: “Unearthing real opportunities in Real Estate” include Attorney General/Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), his Housing counterpart, Morouf Fatai, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Lands, Bode Agoro and MD Ibile Oil & Gas Corporation, Doyin Akinyanju.
Others are: CEO Viathan Engineering Ltd, Habeeb Alebiosu, MD SME Funds Capital, Dr Jubril Adeojo, CEO Consistent Energy, Segun Adaju and Programme Manager (NLPGA), Dayo Adeshina.
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MD Revolution Plus Properties, Mr Bamidele Onalaja; Housing Policy Expert, Morocco, Ms Tagma Mounla; CEO Octo 5 Ltd, Jide Odusolu, Vice President, Mortgage Operations, Mr Kunle Faleti, CEO RTD Thompsons Ltd, Otunba Tom Daramola, CEO Gracias Group, Ms Lolade Abuta and CEO Seagle Properties Ltd, Yemi Lawal, all had their observations and suggestions on Doing Business in Lagos Real Estate Market.
On the other side, MD/CEO Managing Partner, Libra Law, Mr Afolabi Balogun and CEO, Nigerian Mortgage Refinance Company (NMRC), Mr Kehinde Ogundimu ended day one of the events with in-depth analysis on a Business case for enforcing Condominium Law & Strata Title and Titling Mortgage Refinancing while Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Chapel Hill Denham, Bolaji Balogun, FBNQuest Merchant Bank, Kayode Akinkungbe, United Capital Plc, Peter Ashade, SFS Financial Services Ltd, Akinyemi Gbenro, Cordros Capital, Wale Agbeyangi and FBNQuest Trustees, Adekunle Awojobi, all discussed The Role of Capital Markets and Investment Banking in Financing Real Estate Transactions in Lagos State.
