 The role of government in bridging the 17 million housing gap in Nigeria has been underscored. To stand this tide, the federal government has been advised to assist serious developers with property acquisition. This advice was given by stakeholders who converged on the numerous Dina and Ordonite, developers who lamented the level of inflation and its biting effect on building and construction materials, asked government to create implementable laws that will provide enabling environment for active players. They also spoke on why the one-year housing payment plan has not been completely implemented. Over the years, the government hasn't taken time to plan properly and implement, so it's one thing for them to plan, it's another thing for us to implement. And then I also think that part of the reason why we say housing deficit in the country is because most of government housing projects are geared towards only the rich. So the average Nigerian cannot afford that. So I would say the government should leave provision of luxury houses to the private operators and then focus on giving the less privileged Nigerians who cannot afford those luxury houses that opportunity to own their own house. The federal government recently proposed a national housing bond aimed at helping housing developers access financing across all geopolitical zones in the country. They have elicited mixed reaction. Again, the challenge is the economy. So you find out that a landlord wanted to pay two years rent instead of a year. The guy has considered the cost of maintaining the house. If he said to be old house, that's considered the cost of maintaining the house. As of today, cement is like a hundred percent increment compared to what we had last year. So you can imagine a whole lot of things that happened. So what we really need is government to create such an enabling environment. We need to have a law that's going to focus attention on that. It has to be not just having a law, but a law that is implementable. And I think one of the ways is assisting serious real estate developers in property acquisition. So once you see a property development company who is very serious in what they do, you give them land so that they can start building. So if government can assist in the area of property acquisition for serious developer, I think housing will be affordable and it will make a lot of people into owning their own property.