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The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab S. Ahmed, has said the Family Homes Funds Ltd established by the federal government to build affordable houses will build at least 500,000 houses for low-income earners across the country. The minister also said while building the houses, the FHFL would create at least 1.5 million jobs.   The minister spoke ...

The FSDH Research has said that a real estate funds are investment vehicles that can be used to address Nigeria’s housing shortage and encourage economic activities in the real estate sector. FSDH Merchant Bank stated this in its report on ‘Real estate fund — Investment vehicle to address housing shortage in Nigeria.’ It observed that there was a significant shortage ...

The Federal Government must take more loans if its plan to fund infrastructure is to be realised, according to the Senior Analyst at Agusto & Co, Mr. Jimi Ogbobine. Ogbobine said this on Sunday at a training for financial journalists during the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria 2018 annual workshop in Lagos. He stated that the government was expected to ...

Nigeria needs the capital market to raise long-term funds necessary for infrastructure funding, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said. Osinbajo, who stated this at the Second Capital Market Stakeholders’ Forum organised by joint Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Capital Market and Institutions in Abuja, yesterday, said: “Given that capital is extremely important for business, it implies that ...

The Federal Government has said it will ensure steady funding of three major projects namely; Lagos-Ibadan highway, Second Niger Bridge and Kano-Abuja road until they are fully completed. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, gave the assurance at the flag-off of Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road project in Kano State. He said the uninterrupted funding of the projects would be sourced ...

The federal government is seeking alternative funding for the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta road, having realised that budgetary provisions would lead to the repair work being abandoned again. The Director, Federal Highways, South West, Busari Olalekan, an Engineer, who represented the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola at the resumption of rehabilitation of the road, recently, assured ...

For not meeting their housing needs, Federal Government employees are mounting pressure to break the monopoly of National Housing Fund (NHF) on workers’ contributions. To show their seriousness, they are currently seeking withdrawal of their contributions from the NHF to Federal Government Staff Housing Loans Board (FGSHLB) for easy access to their money. Their demand is contained in the proposed ...

Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has approved the release of N984 million as compensation to property owners affected by ongoing township road construction projects in eight major towns in the state. The governor disclosed this in a statement by his Press Secretary, Alhaji Abubakar Muazu, made available to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Monday. Giving a breakdown of the amount, ...

After an initial effort by Buhari administration that eventually turned out to be a ‘false start’, a fresh call has been made by real estate experts for the creation of an infrastructure fund, which will lead to significant private sector investments and economic growth. Figures obtained show that Nigeria is under investing in infrastructure. For instance, during the five years ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola announces launch of N10 billion EPP (Energizing Education Programme) fund by the federal government in 2016, aims at improving the lives of community dwellers and boosting their businesses and by that check rural-urban drift in addition to solving the power challenges of 37 Federal Universities and Teaching Hospitals. He has also ...