The Group Managing Director, Lafarge Africa Plc, Mr. Guillaume Roux, has said that the firm will soon start work on the site allocated to it by the Federal Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to build 500 housing units in the Federal Capital Territory.

Roux stated this in an interview with journalists during the Nigerian Institute of Architects /Lafarge Africa Plc 1st Distinguished Lecture Series 2015 delivered by a former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, in Abuja on Thursday.

He said that one of the company’s objectives was to help build better cities in Nigeria and that the country had tremendous potential and a large housing deficit of about 18 million units.

He said, “We are currently working hand-in-hand with the government, professionals and...

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