Nigeria has for long been unable to provide and fulfill its long standing housing needs and according to reports, the country needs one million houses yearly for the next 15 years to meet its housing needs. However, only about 10,000 houses are built yearly to cater for the over 140 million of its population.

Housing been ranked high on the scale of priorities for governments in Nigeria and this has created an upheaval task for the government because. Nigeria’s drive toward “housing for all” has so far been an uphill task that seems more of an illusion than reality. Successive efforts to meet every set target have failed as housing deficit now stands at over 16 million units in Nigerian

With the need to develop into a strong economy by 2020, housing becomes a major focal point in the development of Nigeria, with a growing population and according to statistics will still continue to grow; this is an immense task if the government doesn’t want a carry over to future generations.