The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola is set to deliver the keynote speech at the 2020 edition of the “Trek Africa Real Estate Summit & Expo” organized by Real Estate Reporters. Also to deliver speeches at the industry conference is Lagos state Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-olu and the Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) Lagos Chairman, ESV Adedotun Bamgbola.

MINISTER OF WORKS AND HOUSING, FASHOLA

The Summit which is set against the backdrop of the need to maximize the country’s material and human resources to meet the burgeoning housing needs of the Nigerian citizenry across the length and breadth of the nation will hold at the prestigious Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday, 20th March, 2020.

Speaking with newsmen, the Project Director of the summit, Oki Samson said: ‘The theme of the summit is ‘Make Nigeria Livable: Building Safe and Secure Homes’. And it seeks to provide a viable investment platform for big time investors at home, Nigerians in the Diaspora, and foreign direct investors to make inroads into the burgeoning real estate market. It will also probe into how newest trends in technology can be deployed into facilitating effective land acquisition system, material analysis, structural testing procedures, and other technical processes in the industry.’

LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR, SANWO-OLU

TARESExpo2020 will engage key industry players, policy makers, investment bankers, and professional institutions to create impact in the vast Nigerian housing and real estate industry. The One day conference will also feature products and services exhibition.

Also billed to discuss at panel sessions in the summit are the Lagos Commissioner of Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai; Ogun Commissioner of Housing, Jamiu Omoniyi, the Commissioner of Works and Transport in Kwara state, Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu, Uzo Oshogwe, Managing Director of Afriland Properties Plc, Barr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani, Oladipo Pius Idowu-Agida, Managing Director of Dradrock Real Estate Limited, Funso Akere, Chief Executive officer of Stanbic IBTC Capital, Jumade Adejola, Managing Director of Surveillant Fire Limited, Darren Spencer, Managing Director of First Homes Africa and Barr. Charles Ajiboye, Founder of PentHouse Gardens. Others are Chief Lanre Rasak, Chairman of Righteous Construction Company and Prof. Joseph Ezigbo, Founder of Falcon Corporation Limited.