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NAHB Teaches Nigerians About American Housing System
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Nigerian housing officials and executives at a welcome reception with the NAHB Senior Officers, including NAHB Vice President and Treasurer Bob Jones, center, with his wife, Carole. | Nigerian housing officials and executives from the government and private sector participated last month in a two-week educational program specially prepared by the NAHB University of Housing to teach them about the American home building system.
This was the second year in which NAHB’s International Department hosted a delegation from the Republic of Nigeria at the National Housing Center in Washington, D.C.
Classes attended by the 18 Nigerians covered building technology, land planning, regulatory and housing policy, energy efficiency, green building, construction contracts and business management, and the information was customized so that it could be applied to their own building industry back home.
NAHB members and certified instructors John Barrows, Tom Stephanie and Jim Niehoff led key education sessions. In addition, participants received briefings from in-house experts at NAHB on green building, construction codes and standards, housing finance, advocacy and government affairs.
The program also included a visit to the NAHB Research Center in Upper Marlboro, Md.
International builder member Ismaila Muhammad Nalado of Nigeria, helped organize the program.
For more information on international resources available from NAHB, e-mail Barbara McMurray or call her at 800-368-5242 x8243.
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