Despite rising costs of building materials, developers and planned house proprietors are urgently grasping methods for cutting expense, to pad the impact of the waiting retreat.
One of such territories, The Guardian learnt, is the grasp of Coconut trees, as other option to timber for basic uses, particularly to roof purposes.
As finally September, a bit of 2 by 2 board (timber) sold at the rate of N250, while 2 by 3-N350; 2 by 4-N500 and staging board at the rate of N1, 300. In any case, as finally week, 2 by 2 sold at N270; 2 by 3-N450; 2 by 4-N550, while staging board is sold amongst N1800 and N2000.
Contrasted with timber, coconut tree is generally shoddy as per The Guardian's overview, one reason for the 'distraught surge' for it. The cost is in any case, subject to the territory of procurement.
For example, in Badagry, a costal region where coconut thrives, a log of the coconut tree, which can create as much as 25 bits of 2 by 4 boards, it is sold as low as N2,500 to N3,000, contingent upon dealing power.
In ranges where planting of the monetary tree is not normal, the costs comprehensive of cutting and transportation is as yet direct contrasted with timber, contingent upon the closeness to the ranch. While the 2 by 4 bit of timber is at the rate of N550 now, a 2 by 4 bit of coconut tree could be acquired at the rate of N300 to N350. A similar thing for the 2 by 3, which is as low as N200 to N250 for coconut tree, in open markets, contrasted with N450 for timber.
The Guardian learnt that lion's share of the coconut tree shippers, go similar to Badagry, Agbara, Atan to get quality trees, dominant part of which are more than 50 years, which can stand the trial of time, for whatever length of time that 30, 40 years, when utilized for development purposes.
Leader of Coconut Growers Association of Nigeria, Akinlolu Mufutau, who affirmed this to The Guardian, said that the trees are exceptionally solid for building, going on for a normal of 100 years.
This improvement, The Guardian learnt, has additionally given occupations to those constrained out of business and those trying to make a decent living, as they have found another methods for profiting, with a prepared market out there for coconut trunks.
A craftsman, Mr. Kasali Sulaimon, evaluated coconut trees as one of the best materials for beam, contrasted with boards from palm trees, which are additionally usually utilized.
To him, boards from coconut trees are not just moderate and simple to get, he noticed that when utilized for material works, they are rough and durable, for up to 30 years, in light of his experience. "I can't really give you the present value, the truth of the matter is that the value contrasts from place to put. The cost of the individuals who buy theirs from Oyo would be not quite the same as the individuals who purchased theirs from Badagry. Be that as it may, in spite of the place of procurement, it is less expensive than timber and on occasion more dependable than timber, which most circumstances is not permitted to develop."
In any case, a timber merchant, Mr. Yemi Omotowoju, who censured utilization of coconut trunk said the individuals who utilize coconut trees, with the point of cutting expense, would lament the choice. He noticed that a considerable measure of despite everything them return to his shop to purchase timber, to supplant the coconut tree board, depicting, for example, exercise in futility, vitality and assets.
Omotowoju noticed that the issue with coconut tree board is that it is not develop before being cut for utilize, which makes it extremely weak and inadequate for development purposes. "Coconut trees from Ogun State falls under this class. They are not develop and when utilized and rain always falls on it, it decays and the building winds up noticeably undermined."
To Bamise Oguntola, a bricklayer, greater part of the houses he dealt with as of late, coconut trees were utilized for the beam. This, he likewise connected with the cost, taking note of that if quality coconut trees are secured, they can substitute timbers, whose cost is rising day by day.
He noticed that aside for beam making, those building shops now incline toward the utilization of coconut tree boards as swap for steel shafts, including that a few territories are likewise grasping the utilization of coconut trunk as power posts, since block posts are not moderate.
"I can reveal to you that coconut tree is the best contrasting option to timber now. In the days to come, if costs of timber decline to descend, an ever increasing number of individuals would belittle dealers coconut tree boards."
This is as of now producing dread, as ranchers and partners are concerned over inevitable exhaustion of coconut trees, if dire strides are not taken to renew them.
They guarantee that with the rising use of its stem for building, combined with almost no consideration regarding plant new ones, coconut trees may go into eradication, in the following couple of years.
The Executive Director, Doublem Enterprises Development Center, Mr. Muhammad Mustafa, cautioned fourteen days prior that if the cutting of coconut trees for development works proceed, as right now being seen, its handiness as a monetary asset won't just run out, there is the likelihood that "in the following 50 years coconut tree will go into annihilation.
To Mufutau, government needs to dishearten individuals cutting coconut trees for working of houses and chopping down coconut estates o give land to lodging and other financial exercises.