Tag: Housing
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Lagos govt revokes unoccupied housing units
The Lagos State Government has announced the revocation of unoccupied housing units allocated to subscribers left vacant for over two years.
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Reps back N500bn allocation to housing ministry
The House Committee on Housing and Habitat said, increasing the budgetary allocation of the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to N500 billion would reduce housing deficit in Nigeria.
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Rising cost of cement will affect housing projects – FG cries out
The Federal Government has come out to state that the rising cost of cement poses a threat to the housing projects and plans of the government. The minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, in a meeting with cement manufacturers in
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Nigeria requires N21 trillion to bridge housing deficit – Shettima
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, says Nigeria requires N21 trillion to effectively bridge the housing deficit, despite efforts across the three tiers of government.
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Why Obong Attah’s housing security programme succeeded – Okon Obot
Why Obong Attah’s housing security programme succeeded – Okon Obot
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FG owing 3,504 contractors N69.9bn for housing projects- Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the ministry is owing 3,504 contractors handling its various housing projects about N69.9 billion. He stated this when he appeared before the Joint National Assembly Committee on Housing on Thursday in Abuja, to defend his ministry’s 2021 budget estimates. Although N76.4 billion was allocated to the…
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Unbundling the power, works & housing ministry
By Paul Ojenagbon,pauloje2000@yahoo.com It was the biggest gamble to merge Power, Works & Housing into a humongous Ministry in 2016 following the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari. A more focused nation would never dare that. It was clearly an unthinkable thing to do. No nation still wallowing in the throes of development would attempt to…
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SGF blames housing deficit on frequent change in policies
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha has blamed the 17 million housing deficit in Nigeria on policy somersaults by successive administrations. Mustapha stated this, while receiving delegates from the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), according to a statement signed by Andrew Uhwe, Director Press, OSGF, on Wednesday in Abuja. He…
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Lagos, five other states yet to provide land for housing – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has urged the Lagos State Government to provide land for National Housing Programme in the state. Fashola, the immediate past governor of the state made the call at the 2018 Ramadan Lecture of the Lagos branch of the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria. The minister said…
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Housing Loan Scheme’ll give succor to public servants – Dogara
The Bill to amend the Federal Government Housing Loan Board to administer housing loan scheme to public sector workers will bring succor to public servants by bridging the housing deficit and increasing productivity in the public sector, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said. He explained that the amendment, when it…