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Housing Fair To Focus On Mortgage Schemes
Access to affordable housing schemes and viable mortgage options will be the focus of a housing fair being organised by Aso Savings and Loans Plc, a primary mortgage institution.
The Aso Savings 3rd National Housing Exhibition and Conference, according to the organisers, will have in attendance experts in the housing industry, real estate investors, professional mortgage providers, urban and regional planners, home developers, architects and housing development corporations of all the tiers of government.
These and other stakeholders, the statement added, would showcase their products and services at the exhibition.
The conference, which holds in Abuja in April, has as its theme: ‘Achieving affordable housing delivery by creating 500,000 housing units by 2016.’
Panel of experts on global trends in housing development are expected to deliberate on funding, delivery and infrastructure, mortgages and legal perspectives.
The organisers said the panellists would include Evans Kofi Essienyi of the Affordable Housing Institute, Ghana; President, Nigeria Bar Association, Okey Wali; Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Gimba Ya’u Kumo; and Olufemi Fabanwo of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Others are the President, Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, Olabode Afolayan; Ade Adesomoye of CBN; Managing Director, LAPO Microfinance Bank, Godwin Ehigiamusoe; Kalu Aja of Legacy Pension Managers Limited; Chairman, Filmo Group Limited, Fatima Wali-Abdulrahman; and Chairman, Urban Shelter, Ibrahim Aliyu.