The Federal Authorities has revealed that it’s set to start the development of 34,500 housing items in thirty states of the Federation together with Kano, Lagos, Rivers, Borno, Enugu, Nasarawa, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). 

This disclosure was made by the Federal Minister of Housing and City Improvement, Arc. Musa Dangiwa on Thursday whereas delivering his keynote speech on the ongoing 12th Assembly of the Nationwide Council of Lands, Housing and City Improvement held in Kaduna.  

In response to the Minister, the development of the 34,500 housing items which is slated to start earlier than December is the Section 1 of the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates and Slum Upgrading Programme.  

Dangiwa additional defined that the 34,500 housing items would include 1, 2 and 3-bedroom inexpensive multi-level flats and bungalows for low-income earners, in addition to high-end indifferent bungalows, terraces and duplexes for top revenue earners in thirty states and the FCT.  

The Housing Minister additionally said that the Federal Authorities have already mapped out a number of choices to make sure to make the housing items are simply inexpensive by Nigerians upon completion.

He listed the choices to incorporate Hire-to-Personal, Public Rental, Mortgage Loans, and the place relevant, outright sale.   

Nationwide Slum Upgrading Programme  

Arc. Musa Dangiwa additionally revealed that the Federal Authorities intends to improve a complete of 26 slums within the  Six (6) areas of the nation, together with the Federal Capital Territory.  

The Minister said that the mission would guarantee the supply of entry roads, water provide, photo voltaic avenue lights, drainages, and a number of other different ancillary providers that may enhance the residing requirements of the slum dwellers.  

• In his phrases, “This mission would guarantee the supply of key infrastructure and ancillary providers together with entry roads, water provide, photo voltaic streetlight, drainages, sanitation and waste administration providers and so forth., that may enhance the residing requirements of the slum residents within the mission websites and the city poor normally.”