Another critical problem, which the Obasanjo government has done little to address, is the problem of inadequate housing. Analysts estimate that close to 60 percent of the population live in substandard housing, without access to clean drinking running water and sewage systems. Little wonder why many have died as a result of cholera and dysentery outbreaks.

All one has to do is take a drive through many of our so called cities and one begins to develop a sense of despair at the atrocious housing conditions in existence. Meanwhile in the rich neighborhoods, new ultra modern housing estates spring up monthly.

The Governments position has been to leave it up to the private sector to provide housing and consequently most have focused their efforts on providing homes for the minority rich, neglecting the vast majority of the population which are poor or working class . It is high time that the Federal Government directly intervened in the housing sector.

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