Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, has pinpointed the reason for Nigeria's housing deficit.

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He proved his point by pointing out the differences between the public housing initiative of the United Kingdom, Singaporean and Nigeria's initiatives.

According to him, the UK initiative, started in 1918, has resulted in 64.8% of UK’s 53M population, becoming home owners, as of 2014, while the Singaporean initiative, started in 1960, has provided enough houses for 80% of the 3M population.

“What is common to both model, is that there was a uniformity of design, a common target to house working class people, and not the elite, standardisation of fittings like doors, windows, space, electrical and mechanical, and also a common concept of neighborhood,” he said.

He noted that Nigeria "does not share these characteristics,” as reflected in Shelter Afrique’s report.

“We are convinced that this change must be led by Government and subsequently driven by the private sector", he stated.