Ex-NIA Boss Makes Case For Middle Class Housing

The former President of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA), Mr. Charles Majoroh has urged the federal and State governments to build houses for the middle class group.

Majoroh who spoke to Journalists in Lagos on the matter posited that satisfying the housing needs of the middle class would make for a thriving lower class.

He said “The middle class is the interface between the higher and the lower class, but the middle class is not being taken care of”.

According to him “Any society where the middle class is not provided for, that society will not succeed. The middle class is the engine room of any country and the ability to satisfy their housing needs will rub-off on the small and medium enterprises and result in massive employment opportunities.

The former NIA President said that states should have a Mathematical basis for predicting the housing needs of various classes of the society, adding that this will give  the idea of the total housing requirements for the various classes, so that they could plan projects within their incomes.

According to Majoroh, this should be done even if there is no money yet to start actual construction, and pointed out that in  the developed economies, those in the upper class had houses in suburbs, while the middle class live in the city.

In the case of Nigeria, it is in the reverse order, Majoroh stated, adding that there is the need to promote research and development as means to solve the various housing problems facing the nation, and pointed out that experience counts in trying to solve our problems.