Ebunoluwa OlafusiThe alumni of the department of estate management, University of Lagos , have asked estate managers and valuers to use their profession to influence government’s policies in order to reduce the housing deficit in Nigeria.Wale Afolabi, chairman, organising committee for the 2001 class of estate management department alumni association of the University of Lagos, spoke at the 20th anniversary dinner of the alumni which held in Lagos.
“Our people should not be living in slums. The dignity of life must be preserved and upheld in our nation and we all must continue to use our various influences positively in this regard.”“As much as we are thinking big, we are starting small. This for us will be a marathon and not a sprint. We have raised funds and we will be presenting much-needed gifts to the estate management department of the University of Lagos, our alma mater,” he said.
He thanked the department’s lecturers for their impact, saying the collective success of the alumni is also their success.