However you look at it we need a massive public works-based housing programme to employ millions of youths if we are to combat this violence

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Given that there are 200m Nigerians with about 50% of them being 18 and over, we should have a 20 year plan to build 40m housing units over the next 20 years

[2] Of these 40m, the federal government should build 10m of them in Abuja and Lagos

[3] We need a law that compels all 36 state governments to build houses as a matter of law

[4] Each state must be obliged to build at least 10,000 housing units a year

[5] At least 50% of all these houses must be social accommodation for letting

[6] State governments will be allowed to run housing corporations

[7] State governments will also be allowed to enter into public-private partnerships with private companies

[8] Private companies who build in excess of 1,000 units will get a one year tax break

[9] The Federal Mortgage Bank will offer 25 year single-digit loans to buyers

[10] State governments who build more than 50,000 units a year will get a federal grant