Dr. Babatunde Murtala Adeyemo broke into the real estate business like a whirlwind after years of meticulous planning and research. An ECOWAS Youth Ambassador is the young realtor who owns the growing nature Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited, a foremost Nigerian real estate firm behind the Pelican Valley Estate; Pelican-Brief Estate, Pelican Ecostay Apartments and Pelican Greenish Acres Farm Estate – all located at the Laderin – Abeokuta – Kobape corridor of Ogun State. In this engagement with BUKUNMI OJO & ABIGAEL, the Pelican Chief Executive Officer shared his thoughts on the rising cost of building materials, its grave implications to the building industry, structural integrity, efforts at bridging the nation’s widening housing deficit among other issues.