INTRODUCTION
During the last Housing Summit, held in
Abuja on Monday, 27th June 2016, the Hon. Minister of Works, Power
and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, in his Keynote Address, unveiled the
Fed Govt. Plan of Actions for the Housing Sector. The Hon. Minister disclosed a
Budget of about N36billion, an amount he admitted was inadequate. He hinted
that the implementation process is being reviewed, and that he’s working with his
Finance counterpart on “access to capital for housing construction and supply,
and also the financing of acquisition”. Specifically, he noted that the
Ministry is reviewing “some of our old methods for implementing the National
Housing Policy” adding, “while we may retain the initiatives with
modifications, we must develop something new and different that is useful for
reducing our housing deficit.”
Nothing could be more factual. We can’t
continue attempting to solve the same old problem, the same old way.
One of these days, folks are gonna realize that the world —
including social media — are always watching. A fact that a
Georgia teacher wished she would have been aware before she popped off
on Facebook about First Lady Michelle Obama.
The 2016 Nobel
Prize in Physics has been awarded to scientists who discovered secrets
of exotic matter. David J Thouless, F Duncan M Haldane and J Michael
Kosterlitz were awarded the prize for their theoretical discoveries
relating to "topological phase transitions and topological phases of
matter".
Just
three months into their marriage, a Florida couple got the surprise of
their lives after discovering that the bride was the groom's biological
granddaughter.
INTRODUCTION
