Traveling through many communities in the Southeastern part of Nigeria reveals a curious situation where numerous mansions and diverse house types seem to mock the national housing deficit. These houses and mansions are largely unoccupied.
Nigeria has a massive housing deficit, estimated at 28 million units, requiring ₦21 trillion to address. Housing in the country has become unattainable for most citizens. In Lagos, for instance, a modest one-bedroom apartment now rents for over ₦1,000,000 annually—many times more than the national minimum
