Sanwo-olu, Ashafa, others win awards at Thinkmint Nigeria real estate event
Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu of Lagos St a t e ; Gbenga Ashafa, CEO, Federal Housing Authority, and others have been honoured with awards by Thinkmint Nigeria, a member of the TM Goup, during the company’s Real Estate Discussions & Awards (REDA) 2020 with the theme, ‘ The real estate market: an overview of the current global changes’.
In her welcome address, Imelda Usoro- Olaoye, managing par t ner of Thinkmint Nigeria, said that the conference was inspired by a need to identify those limitations handicapping players in Nigeria’s real estate market from achieving global competitiveness and improved performance of the sector as a whole.
The event had over 30 eminent l o cal and international speakers from the private and public sector. They shared insights on trends in the sector with more than 1,000 registered attendees.
Participating organisations included the Federal Housing Authority, Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Palton Morgan Group, Periwinkle Residences, Cedarview Communications, Homework Development, Attarhi Nigeria and Livevend.
In his remarks, Senator Gbenga Ashafa expressed his satisfaction with the high quality of panelists and relevance of the theme.
“As stakeholders in the real estate industry, the theme of this program not only requires us to outline the changes that are taking place in our industry but also requires us to rethink our strategy and retool in order to meet the daily evolving needs of the consumers in line with global realities,” he said.
The organisers bestowed Lifetime Achievement Awards on Governor Babajide SanwoOlu of Lagos State for his drive to raise the state’s real estate
market to greater heights, and Senator Gbenga Ashafa, for his decades long commitment to improve transparency, efficiency and trust in the sector.
Receiving the award on Governor Sanwo-olu’s behalf,
Toke Benson- Awoyinka, special adviser on Housing, reassured the audience of the administration’s commitment to “ensuring that the housing deficit being experienced in the state is a thing of the past.”
Appreciating the Special
Recognition Award for Innovation in Public service she collected, BensonAwoyinka expressed her resolve to double the push for the amendment of laws guiding the sector to be allencompassing.