FG Set To Build 77,400 Houses, Create 2m Jobs – Minister
Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa says the Renewed Hope Social Housing Programme will create over two million jobs apart from providing 77,400 affordable houses for Nigerians.
A statement issued on Wednesday by the ministry’s Director Press and Public Relations, Badamasi S. Haiba, said Dangiwa disclosed this during an engagement on its operations with the House of Representatives Committee on Housing and Habitat, at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
According to the minister, the social housing programme was designed to provide homes for low-income earners, the unemployed, vulnerable groups, and Internally Displaced Persons.
He said that 100 housing units will be constructed in each of the 774 local government areas of the country under the programme.
Dangiwa explained that over two million jobs will be created at 25 persons per job and 27 jobs per location in 77,400 locations.
While informing that funding of the programme would be through the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund, the Minister said that the committee will be fully briefed after approval of the NSHP documents by President Bola Tinubu.
“After the take off of the project, we are going to bring a bill to the National Assembly for the project to be sustainable, so that we can have a national social housing fund,” he added.
Dangiwa also briefed the committee on the status of ongoing projects of the ministry, saying most of the Renewed Hope Cities and Estate projects were at advance level of completion.
He assured that once monies were released, the projects would be completed and ready for commissioning within two months.
The Minister particularly said that the Renewed Hope City in Karsana Abuja, would be ready by August, but its commissioning may be delayed by the ongoing construction of access roads awarded by Minister of the FCT. He also highlighted the progress so far achieved at the Renewed Hope Cities in Kano and Lagos States.
On subscription for the houses, Arc. Dangiwa told the committee that it has commenced on all the sites, with developers already recouping their monies.
On his part, Chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Habitat, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa, said they were committed to resolving all issues to smooth the way for effective housing delivery in the country.
He said the committee’s doors were always wide open to harmoniously work with the ministry to ensure visible and impactful housing delivery in the country.
