The Federal Government is planning to construct 100 social homes in each of the 774 local governments nationwide for low-income and underprivileged citizens.
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, disclosed this information when the National Association of Directors of Local Government Departments of Works, Housing, Transport and Environment in Nigeria, led by its National President, Musa Adamu, paid, a study and advocacy visit to the ministry recently.
According to a statement signed by the Director, of Information and Public Relations, Badamasi Haiba, the move is an initiative under the National Social Housing Act and is separate from plans to build 34,000 homes in selected cities and state capitals across the 36 states and the FCT under the first phase of the Renewed Hope Cities Project.
The minister said the programme, which would involve only local government, would seek to provide decent and affordable accommodations for underprivileged citizens.
Dangiwa further called for collaborations with the local government departments of works, housing, transportation, and environment to achieve the slum upgrading and urban renewal programme in selected states of the federation.
He noted that the ministry is embarking on slum upgrade and urban renewal in selected states across the country, hence the need for closer collaboration with the relevant local government departments in the selected states in the execution of the programme
