Leading real estate and construction companies, housing star Governors, and Legislators across Nigeria and Africa are set to rock the stage in glamour at the 6th edition of the most prestigious Africa housing awards that will be held on Thursday, the 15th of December 2022.
The Awards is designed to celebrate excellence in Africa’s Housing and Construction industry recognizing those individuals and organizations who have been dedicated, hard-working, and contributing immensely to the innovation and development of the sector.
Among top ranking companies in the Built industry expected to converge for the event at the International Conference Centre, Abuja is Mixta Africa, Landmark Africa, The address, Octo5,Estate intel, Copen Group, Julius Berger Plc, Brains and Hammers, Urban Shelter Ltd, Modern Shelter Systems and Services, CDK, West Africa Ceramics Ltd, Constrix Ltd, Nigerite, Pennek, Adron Homes Ltd, UPDC Plc and several others.
Speaking with journalists in his Abuja office recently, Affordable Housing Advocate in Africa, Festus Adebayo who is also the promote of the annual one of its kind Awards ceremony assured that this year’s edition of the Africa Housing Awards will be very colorful as it would be a gathering of the who is who in the Housing, Mortgage and Construction sector.
Adebayo stated that nomination and voting for the about 31 categories of awards up for grabs at the prestigious event on Thursday were independently collated with the use of enhanced innovative and technology-driven, voting and judging processes with due considering to the achievements of the concerned organisation and individuals in 2022.
This year, the Africa Housing Awards is also recognizing the star governors shining a light on access to affordable housing in Nigeria but winning and receiving the award for most friendly housing governor is the Executive Governor of Yobe State, Hon. Mai Mala Buni CON for constructing over 2,000 Housing units across the State, being the single largest housing intervention in the history of the state for over 40 years now, and for announcing a subsidy of 50 percent to all beneficiaries of the houses while presenting the 2023 budget to the State’s House of Assembly last month.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of this year’s ceremony is Surveyor Suleiman Hassan Zarma, Former Minister of State for Environment with Arc. Mike Onolememen, CON, Former Minister of Works as one of the Special Guest of Honour.
Among the top media houses covering the must-attend event are the Housing Development program, AiT, TVC, Arise News, News Agency of Nigeria, Guardian, Punch, DailyTrust, and Tribune Newspapers.
It is worth noting that the Africa Housing Awards seeks to demonstrate the importance of strategic collaboration that fosters innovations, promotes and reward initiatives that address a real need, and provides affordable, disaster-resilient, inclusive, and sustainable housing in Africa.
