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As part of its effort to address diverse needs within Nigeria’s housing sector, the Federal Government has announced plans to build bamboo houses for low and medium income earners nationwide.

Esuabana Asanye, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, disclosed the plan this in Abuja on Wednesday during a Capacity Building Workshop on Relevance of Bamboo for Climate-Smart Housing Construction.

The permanent secretary, who was represented by Benadette Oguche, the Director of Environmental Science Technology, EST, stated that using bamboo as “the construction materials won’t only promote environmental sustainability in Nigeria but also ensure that the process is aligned with principles of adoptability, comfort and affordability for low and medium income earners across Nigeria”.

“Bamboo, a versatile plant which is used for a wide range of purposes including paper production, traditional medicine, as well as sustainable resource in long history of the use in building materials.”

Asanye also commended the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute, NBRRI, for researching and producing sustainable solutions to mitigate challenges of climate change in the country.

https://dailypost.ng/2025/06/12/fg-announces-plan-to-build-bamboo-houses-for-low-income-earners-in-nigeria/

Hmm 🧐. I guess he's copying china model here . Still doesn't make sense

Firstly we do not produce enough bamboo trees for this stuff

Secondly there is actually no prove bamboo house would be cheaper than block houses

Funny thing about APC is they are so myopic in their thinking they failed to understand that

Things are already super cheap in Nigeria
The real issue is Nigerians have become poorer

Instead of focusing on reducing price focus on making Nigerians richer

Guess Aso Rock is made of bamboo woods. They just kept on insulting the sensibility of the suffering citizens of this nation. Bunch of wicked souls

It won't be bad idea having many of them in SW because the SE won't be needing it.An igbo man strives to have a house in his place even if it is kitchen line.You see SW villages na mud houses full
Go to ife East and south you go shout

Liar.
Tinubu didn't say that rubbish.
Tinubu never said that.

Racoon:
Guess Aso Rock is made of bamboo woods. They just kept on insulting the sensibility of the suffering citizens of this nation. Bunch of wicked souls

people in aso rock like the president and vice president are the low income earners they are talking about,criticism can make some people sound so unreasonable.i don’t still know why it is impossible for some of u that know how better to do things to work harder and attain positions so u can do things better,you can even build mansions for all Nigerians as they have done in America

Nigerians asked for jobs, security, and electricity. Tinubu’s government replied: ‘Here, have some bamboo.
Now watch Reno Omokri tweet, ‘In developed countries, bamboo is a luxury. You should thank Tinubu for this innovation.

Ofemannnu:
Liar.
Tinubu didn't say that rubbish.
Tinubu never said that.

Nothing should ever surprise you under the Tinubu regime.
They’re capable of anything

Ofunaofu:


Nothing should ever surprise you under the Tinubu regime.
They’re capable of anything

I don't understand your position.

What is wrong with bamboo houses as low cost, affordable housing?

Better to use mud bricks that are fired in a kiln than use bamboo. We have the right mud all around us. You just need to train the builders on how to use it. It’s the best type of house for our climate. It is used in other African countries too.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUF1CAcbIZo?si=3nGzvvvM3sW8AiIX

Ofemannnu:
Liar.
Tinubu didn't say that rubbish.
Tinubu never said that.

I didn't believe he said that neither, and found a perm sec said it for the FG.

Esuabana Asanye, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, disclosed the plan this in Abuja on Wednesday during a Capacity Building Workshop on Relevance of Bamboo for Climate-Smart Housing Construction

https://dailypost.ng/2025/06/12/fg-announces-plan-to-build-bamboo-houses-for-low-income-earners-in-nigeria/

Kemetian:


I don't understand your position.

What is wrong with bamboo houses as low cost, affordable housing?

You don't understand my position, yet you rush to baseless conclusions.

Kemetian:


I don't understand your position.

What is wrong with bamboo houses as low cost, affordable housing?

Nothing is wrong if we had enough bamboo, and the skills to build with it and the desire to buy such houses.

I just need think of the wind that blew off the roof next door to wonder if it wouldn't blow away a bamboo house.

mrvitalis:
Firstly we do not produce enough bamboo trees for this stuff

Secondly there is actually no prove bamboo house would be cheaper than block houses.

Ofunaofu:


You don't understand my position, yet you rush to baseless conclusions.

''Nothing should ever surprise you under the Tinubu regime.
They’re capable of anything.''

Your 'position' seems pretty clear. 😂

You're not a fan of the idea. 😂

Helinues and yarimo will live happily in a bamboo house where they can plant all the food they need to eat at the backyard
Bamboo houses are good for people who will eat agbado for breakfast, cassava for lunch and ewa for dinner
The master strategist who built Lagos really has big and bold ideas for his minions

Agbegbaorogboye:

Helinues and yarimo will live happily in a bamboo house where they can plant all the food they need to eat at the backyard
Bamboo houses are good for people who will eat agbado for breakfast, cassava for lunch and ewa for dinner
The master strategist who built Lagos really has big and bold ideas for his minions

But why the obsession with cement houses when they are cheaper alternatives all around us?

The real surprise is why we use so much cement. It's not as if we are a hurricane-prone region or something. We can use lighter materials that are cheaper too.

Kemetian:




Your 'position' seems pretty clear. 😂

You're not a fan of the idea. 😂

yet you still claim you don’t understand it.

You really must be the poster child for confusion.

Idiot. Bamboo houses, naso naija poor reach. U no even say 3 bedroom flat or block of let's say 100 flats,na bamboo .not even semi mud semi concrete house. No worry,God no dey sleep. U go still pay for your sins. I can't even stay inside bamboo. Any small fire mishap. Na burnt to ashes oh..so think twice.

All the cement is being expended on Lagos-Calabar. N10,000 a bag from roughly half of that.

All the religious warriors shouting fire 🔥 ya ya 🔥 ya must be kept out of such estate!
Joke aside, I hope they have weighed all the risks involved.

All the religious warriors shouting firè ya ya ya must be kept out of such estate!
Joke aside, I hope they have weighed all the risks involved.

2cribz:
Idiot. Bamboo houses, naso naija poor reach. U no even say 3 bedroom flat or block of let's say 100 flats,na bamboo .not even semi mud semi concrete house. No worry,God no dey sleep. U go still pay for your sins. I can't even stay inside bamboo. Any small fire mishap. Na burnt to ashes oh..so think twice.

Bamboo can be made safer with:
- Fire-retardant treatments (e.g., borax-boric acid solutions).
- Plaster or mud coatings over walls.
- Metal roofing instead of thatch.
- Building codes and spacing to reduce fire spread risk.

Kemetian:


Bamboo can be made safer with:
- Fire-retardant treatments (e.g., borax-boric acid solutions).
- Plaster or mud coatings over walls.
- Metal roofing instead of thatch.
- Building codes and spacing to reduce fire spread risk.

All those coatings can cause cancer. Not necessary if we have mud all around us.

2mch:

All those coatings can cause cancer. Not necessary if we have mud all around us.

I'm all for clay building as well (I hate to call it mud ).

In fact the day we embrace clay architecture is the day housing problems end in this country.

Huh?

Infact use mud for those houses so make everybody rest enough of all these things

There's something in my soul that misses living in a house like this.

I will build a clay house.

Kemetian:


But why the obsession with cement houses when they are cheaper alternatives all around us?

The real surprise is why we use so much cement. It's not as if we are a hurricane-prone region or something. We can use lighter materials that are cheaper too.

Ok.... can you share pics of your bamboo house

Streetinvestor2:
It won't be bad idea having many of them in SW because the SE won't be needing it.An igbo man strives to have a house in his place even if it is kitchen line.You see SW villages na mud houses full
Go to ife East and south you go shout

Your people will still be the one fighting over it in south west

You just want to make the price of bamboo go up for nothing , there are many better and cheap alternatives building materials