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Nigeria has big issues, any house that the owner doesnt show face cause am sure those politicians who stole money wont show face, should be seized by the Governnent and probably mortgaged and spread for 20 years so people can occupy them.

Abuja is an ARTIFICIAL CITY. A city without any pronounced manufacturing or services industry, yet cost of landed property is prohibitive.

Those early administrations of Abuja intended to have Abuja made for only Nigeria's political class and the rich.

Most of the landed property in Abuja were built With stolen oil money.

Most of the unoccupied houses are overpriced. That's why the average civil servants that make up most of Abuja population can't afford to rent them. Even university graduates on civil service jobs live in one room in Abuja.

Such ugly housing situation is not ussually found in other African countries.

Ok

Adekorya:
No matter how relevant they are trying to make Abuja it will never be, because many rich people including foreigners prefer Lagos, except they move National airport from Lagos to Abuja.

What do you mean by National Airport? and how will it be MOVED? There is an airport in Abuja is there not?

We keep doing the same thing and expecting different result. How do we expect developers to rent out there houses cheap when land is not readily available to them? Developers are into business of making money and before any visible improvement in our housing problem, government has to make land available to developers at cheapest rate and that will go a long way to reduce the cost of housing.

That country ehn.

Everything is upside down.

Stolen money houses.

Come to Onitsha and see for urself

TOO MANY MANY PEOPLE------ NO HOUSES

mandax:
Abuja is an ARTIFICIAL CITY. A city without any pronounced manufacturing or services industry yet cost of landed property is prohibitive.

Indeed. The prices are artificial and was priced in anticipation Abuja would magically transform into a Mega-bubbling city.

bogolobango:
U are so beautiful can i pm you @Dollyak

@bogolobango...are u crazy? Na my babe u wan pm? Eh? Don't u have respect and find your own babe?

epospiky:
too long. Someone should summarize please

"Can't read" alert.

Greedy much??

bogolobango:
U are so beautiful can i pm you @Dollyak

Invite her to your "upper-scale" KFC joint.

In countries where government functions, all it takes is government making a law that any house left unoccupied for some time be forcefully rented by Abuja Municipal government, and stipulated rent paid to owner of the house.
Government gets its percentage for renting the house.

Park view in Ikoyi has many houses without occupants also.

jonathanOz:

Eye brow? Jeez!


Meaning

?

You Caught that, right? "Eye brows"; oh bloody Mary, mother of the liar.

wristbangle:
Park view in Ikoyi has many houses without occupants also.

Very true my guy. Ikoyi parkview and bananisland are fast dropping in demand. Below is a tip of the iceberg. Rent & sale figures
8-10million naira per annum for a 3bedroom apartment , imagine?

chijokz:

@bogolobango...are u crazy? Na my babe u wan pm? Eh? Don't u have respect and find your own babe?

Impending war of the players.

YoursGEJ:
Wouldn't it make business sense to rent these properties at lower prices rather than leave them vacant? Landlord will be asking for #4 million for a 2 bedroom apartment? Do I look like Diezani boyfriend?

It is just because I am saving money to marry DJ Cuppy. Otherwise I for just buy all these houses and dash them to people

Nonsense

While N4 Million can rent you same 2 Bedroom apartment in the most expensive capital cities in Europe.

Abuja is an ARTIFICIAL CITY in Africa.

It's a serious matter.. ..to see thousands of people trooping into the capital city from nassarawa axis, all due to the outrageous rent they place on those houses built from looted funds

Chukzyfcb:

Very true my guy. Ikoyi parkview and bananisland are fast dropping in demand. Below is a tip of the iceberg. Rent & sale figures
8-10million naira per annum for a 3bedroom apartment , imagine?

This is just too ridiculous.

Adekorya:
No matter how relevant they are trying to make Abuja it will never be, because many rich people including foreigners prefer Lagos, except they move National airport from Lagos to Abuja.

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Don't be Ignorant, Abuja also has a National airport where National and International flights are a regular occurence.

omonnakoda:
What do you mean by National Airport? and how will it be MOVED? There is an airport in Abuja is there not?

I mean, they should make Abuja the only entry point to Nigeria from oversea, through that people will occupy their empty houses.

NewsPoacher:
http://tribuneonlineng.com/abuja-many-houses-no-tenants-•changing-face-of-a-federal-capital

Imagine! They refuse to sign a property tax bill into law since June 2014, and all of them have mansions in America, London e.t.c where they pay ridiculous amount as property taxes. They abandon the law that can help generate revenue and employment and chasing and signing the law that benefit them overnight. If Nigerians could understand, none of the senators deserve to be re-elected.

jonathanOz:

Eye brow? Jeez!

let's help him out. I'm sure he meant highbrow

xandy84:
We keep doing the same thing and expecting different result. How do we expect developers to rent out there houses cheap when land is not readily available to them? Developers are into business of making money and before any visible improvement in our housing problem, government has to make land available to developers at cheapest rate and that will go a long way to reduce the cost of housing.

Abuja was pronounced new capital.

Abooookis purposely jacked up the cost of land that was before then worth less than N200 per plot in Abuja.

Abooooki did jack up the price of land x 1000000 in less than ten years in order to extract more shares of Oyel money from Nigerians coming to live in the new capital.

Cost of landed property was highly jacked up in Abuja that has no single manufacturing or services industry, a city that only hosts money from crude oil generated in the Niger delta.

As house owners were fleeced by land owners of millions upon millions of Naira to buy land in Abuja, the landlords built houses and shot high the rents and wait for when, if ever, rent shall increase before they rent their Abuja houses.

Adekorya:
No matter how relevant they are trying to make Abuja it will never be, because many rich people including foreigners prefer Lagos, except they move National airport from Lagos to Abuja.

Lagos only ever became "relevant" because it was made the nation's capital period. Abuja is on course to be far greater than Lagos.
Abuja is the National capital and already has the highest migration rate of Nigerian states.
Abuja is unique in that it was created from other states as a unity state with no tribal antecedent. It's for every Nigerian.
Abuja has far greater infrastructure than Lagos and was built to plan.
Abuja's true landmass had not even reached 50% occupation. While Lagos is already saturated and having to reclaim land from the sea. Meaning Abuja has far more potential and opportunities than Lagos.
Abuja is at the heart and centre of Nigeria and can be easily assessed from any part of Nigeria.
Abuja has better statistics on crime,infrastructure,schools,health care than Lagos.
Abuja presents far more business opportunities than Lagos due to business saturation in Lagos. Whilst Lagos is an already mature market Abuja is relatively virgin territory where ideas of products and services can flourish.
Also for foreigners,diaspora and even Nigerians at home Abuja is saner,safer,cleaner and far more organised than Lagos.
Lagos' best days are behind it and it's on the decline. Abuja is the future!!

mandax:


While N4 Million can rent you same 2 Bedroom apartment in the most expensive capital cities in Europe.

Abuja is an ARTIFICIAL CITY in Africa.

Obviously, you have no idea how much houses cost abroad.

Krucifax:

Lagos only ever became "relevant" because it was made the nation's capital period. Abuja is on course to be far greater than Lagos.

Not entirely true.

Lagos' relevance is a result of quite a number of factors.

The possession of sea ports, it being the economic hub of the country and a lot more other factors.

There's a reason the Portuguese found it strategic.

To make Abuja truly magnificent, I believe, there's need to make it a financial hub of some sort. Guess that's what the World Trade Centre is aimed at achieving.




On a side, I wonder why every Abuja thread is turned into a battle for supremacy between it and Lagos.

Degenerates!

Adekorya:
No matter how relevant they are trying to make Abuja it will never be, because many rich people including foreigners prefer Lagos, except they move National airport from Lagos to Abuja.

There's no airport in Abuja ? Think before you comment. Lagos is economically viable simple it's not about airport.

Lol abuja can never be like lagos because Yoruba minds brought foreign investors and Yoruba people developed Lagos.
Ibo noisemakers plenty for Abuja, but why is it not like Lagos?

malton:


Obviously, you have no idea how much houses cost abroad.




Not entirely true.

Lagos' relevance is a result of quite a number of factors.

The possession of sea ports, it being the economic hub of the country and a lot more other factors.

There's a reason the Portuguese found it strategic.

To make Abuja truly magnificent, I believe, there's need to make it a financial hub of some sort. Guess that's what the World Trade Centre is aimed at achieving.

The Portuguese landed in Lagos per chance due to location. However making Lagos the state capital meant billions of dollars were spent investing in Lagos over the years part of that investment was the sea port you mentioned. There are other Nigerian states well placed for building seaports but they were not chosen as capital and therefore didn't have the same investment opportunities. Granted the presence of the ports will always be a trump card for Lagos but there are many other types of business opportunities. The level of investment in Abuja is incredible and if you've ever had a chance to see some of the planned projects you will know that in some years time everyone in Africa will want to be in Abuja.