Fighting Nigeria’s housing problem

Donald Trump’s presidency over there in the United States of America is a veritable trail-blazer for every billionaire-business person anywhere in the world who aspires to be one. A smooth passage to any such presidency comes when the electorate becomes fed up with an unwieldy establishment and thence looks out for a departure from the norm. Aliko Dangote could begin by launching a retail chain modeled after Wal-Mart, with stores in the major urban centres of Nigeria that cater to that distinctive Nigerian market.

In addition to this, Mr. Dangote could venture into “super-landlord” investment by building leasable residential estates of all categories in all the thirty-six state capitals for a start whilst emphasising central sewage processing and overall cleanliness by the tenants; each of these estates would be serviced by at least an outlet of a Dangote-Mart.

By this means, Mr. Dangote would bring himself to an even fuller positive public reckoning as well as directly helping plug the inefficiencies of our governments in the areas of providing decent accommodation even at a good lease-hood. Let us just imagine a mega-Dangote housing estate that caters to the very low-income earners who would be required to pay, say, three thousand naira monthly for a one-room self-contained apartment every month through an appointed estate agent in favour of the Dangote Inc. Would Aliko need to campaign much for the presidency under such circumstance?

Sunday Jonah,

Minna