The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Architect Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, has commended the heads and members of the Housing Sector Reform Task Teams instituted by his ministry for making substantial progress towards delivering on their terms of reference.
Dngiwa gave the commendation recently, when the leadership of the four Reform Task Teams constituted by the Ministry in January 2024 made a presentation to him at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.
The minister commended the efforts of the teams, noting that they have so far achieved more than 80% of the tasks given to them.
“I am so pleased by the way you have all taken this national assignment so far. I can see the extent of work you have done, and this is a testament to the confidence we reposed in you when we chose you all to drive some of the strategic reforms we were pursuing in the sector” he stated
Dangiwa also expressed delight that the task teams surpassed 80% of the deliverables and expect to receive the final reports in the next few weeks.
He explained that the report will form the guidelines to follow in strengthening the institutional capacity of federal housing agencies, promoting synergy between the agencies and optimising their capacity to deliver on the housing mandate.
Continuing, the minister noted that report will also help in streamlining land administration in Nigeria, and establishing Building Materials Manufacturing Hubs in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
The minister, however, disclosed that a workshop will be held in the coming weeks to have an interface between all four Task Teams and validate their draft reports for fine tuning and necessary modifications before the final reports will be submitted.
The task teams, comprising the Housing Institutions Reform Task Teams, Multi-Agency Project Delivery Task Team, Land Reform Task Team, and the Building Materials Manufacturing Hubs Task Team, were constituted to map out the modalities, strategies, and frameworks with which the Ministry can break the barriers to efficient housing delivery and embark on sector-wide reforms to bring about sustainable housing delivery and Urban Development in Nigeria.
As head of the team, Adedeji Adesemoye said, the issues of Recapitalisation of the FMBN, ensuring that institutions have up-to-date financial reports, and prevailing on Institutions to engage in demand-based analysis are some of the areas where the team has made meaningful progress.
