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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
World
Ahmed Idris

Most Nigerians cannot afford to buy a house

Most Nigerians cannot afford to buy a house

The World Bank says Nigeria needs hundreds of billions of dollars to bridge its housing deficit.

Home ownership is at a mere 25 percent, and Nigerians are finding it harder to buy as incomes fall along with the price of oil, the country's main earner.

Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris reports from Abuja, Nigeria.

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