Whispers of Ethno-Religious Violence on Housing Delivery in Nigeria

Nigeria is an agglomeration of different ethnic nationalities with multiplicity of religious inclination where Christianity and Islam are the dominant. The high level of intra and inter-ethnic rivalry between ethnic nationalities and extreme religious intolerance has resulted in many catastrophic clashes. These clashes have unquantifiable debilitating effects on the equilibrium of housing supply and delivery. The paper through deductive approach from literature review, and descriptive analysis, examined the various ethno-religious violence from post-independence Nigeria and its implications on the housing sector. Findings revealed that the importance of houses in African settings is beyond mere shelter, but are sacred and generational assets worth bequeathing. This underscores the reason it becomes target for attacks during ethno-religious violence. Deductive inferences made, indicated that the greater the severity of the violence on houses the more the number of internally-displaced-persons (IDPs), and this not healthy for a sustainable urban housing growth. Keywords: Ethno-religious, violence, housing, Whispers on Housing Delivery, Conflict Resolution, Nigeria