The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has expressed its willingness to support Diaspora initiatives in the housing and urban development space towards making a change in the housing and urban development narrative of the country
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Architect Ahmed Musa Dangiwa said this on Tuesday when the Chairperson, Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and her team paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja
Dangiwa said his ministry is also committed to providing necessary support to Nigerian Diaspora Comission’s plans to ensure that Nigerians in the diaspora can own homes in Nigeria.
The minister also said the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) in supporting the ministry’s efforts to cater to the Diaspora, has undertaken to develop the Diaspora City Project under a Public Private Partnership comprising the FHA, The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the private sector.
According to the minister, the project is situated in Maitama 2, with over 675 hectares of land.
Dangiwa said the overall goal of the project was to ensure that “as our brothers and sisters sojourn abroad, they also have a decent shelter over here in Nigeria to call their home”.
Earlier in her remarks, the Chairperson, Nigeria in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said they were in the ministry to appreciate the minister for attending the 6th edition of the Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit when the diaspora Mortgage Scheme was launched.
She acknowledged receipt of the minister’s letter to the commission on the sale of houses built by the ministry under the National Housing Scheme across the nation which will avail Diasporans opportunity to directly buy houses in any state of the federation.
