Tribune Online We must research, develop, utilise our local building materials —Okupe Adewunmi Okupe, an architect and one of the affordable housing advocates, is the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, ACE Hi-Teck Construction Company Ltd. In this interview with DAYO AYEYEMI, he speaks extensively on how Nigerians can reduce the housing cost by adopting the use of local building materials as alternative to the foreign ones. He […] We must research, develop, utilise our local building materials —Okupe Tribune Online
Architect Adewunmi Okupe advocates for research, development, and utilization of local building materials in Nigeria to reduce housing costs and dependency on expensive foreign materials. He highlights the need for government funding of research, stakeholder re-orientation, and increased adoption of locally developed and tested materials in construction projects.
