Elsewhere, especially in the advanced economies of the world, housing finance is synonymous with mortgage, because in such societies, the only known way of building or buying and owning a home is by applying for, and accessing a mortgage facility.
In Nigeria, the story is different. This is a countr
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CHUKA UROKO
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