Adenuga made his first fortune at age 26 in the 1970s by distributing lace and other materials, but he hit it big when the military regime of former President Ibrahim Babangida gave him a contract to build Army barracks.

FORBES: Mike Adenuga

Geraldo Quintao, the defence minister, is pushing for funds to build two new barracks, one on the Colombian border and another close to where Brazil adjoins Venezuela and Guyana.

ECONOMIST: Colombia and its neighbours

The Wilton Eco Park Project wants to build 450 eco-homes on the former Erskine Barracks site near Wilton.

BBC: Eco-park plan in Wilton boosted by grant

Nationalist politicians have criticised a decision by the Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland not to proceed with plans to build 200 homes on the site of a former army barracks in north Belfast.

BBC: Nelson McCausland vetoes Girdwood social homes