Posted by Amarachi on Mon 15th Nov, 2021 - tori.ng
The minister revealed that there were other interventions that led to the construction of thousands of mass housing projects across the country.
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola
Former Lagos State Governor and Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has disclosed that 11,000 houses have been completed by the federal government nationwide.
The Minister disclosed this in an interview televised on Arise TV. He added that there were other interventions that led to the construction of thousands of mass housing projects across the country.
Fashola said;
“We have pilot housing projects in 34 states. We are now in some phases. Phases two and three have a total of over 5,000 housing units.
“There is an inherited pilot programme of about 6,000 units and in fact we’ve finished that as well, to give you about 11,000 units.
“There are interventions from mortgage and real estate developers by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria of about 25,000 units across the country.
“And the Federal Housing Authority is also building and developing on its own and in partnership in many parts of the country.”