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Conceptualised in 2013 as part of government’s initiatives to address the housing needs of civil servants, the Federal Integrated Staff Housing (FISH) programme has since undergone several reviews to overcome initial hurdles in order to accelerate the implementation Notwithstanding concerns over the high cost of the Federal Integrated Staff Housing (FISH) programme, three states have indicated interest to partner the ...

Contractors, who were awarded the development of the Lagos Homs Housing Scheme, Iponri, have kicked against the manner in which the Lagos State Government terminated their contracts and forcefully took over the project. Contracts for the construction of 132 apartments in 11 blocks were awarded to the contractors on March 10, 2014, with a completion period of 52 weeks. It ...

The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, has officially commissioned a 18X2 bedroom accommodation built for the Air Force personnel at the 551 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Station in Jos, the Plateau State capital. Speaking at the ceremony, Abubakar said NAF has in the last three and half years provided accommodation and other welfare services for the ...

The governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in Lagos state, Babatunde Gbadamosi, says he will deliver no fewer than 10,000 affordable housing units annually to reduce deficit in the state if elected. Gbadamosi, a real estate expert, made the promise on Wednesday, January 9 in Lagos at a debate, organised by a non-governmental organisation for governorship candidates in ...

5,000 housing units will be constructed for the less privileged in Bauchi State by ‎a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Africa Nation Development Programme (ANDP). The houses will be built across 10 local government areas across the state in two years. The Bauchi State government ‎has provided plots of land for the project. Speaking, the Director General of ANDP, Samson O. Omojuyigbe,‎ ...

The federal government through the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) in collaboration with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other affiliated unions in Nigeria Saturday flagged off the construction of 200 housing units in Katsina State. This was even as FMBN said it has committed N1.9 billion through its Estate Development Loan (EDL) to construct 492 housing units situated ...

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Women Housing Plan Initiative (WHPI), is to construct 500 housing units which women are expected to benefit from in its new housing scheme project at Machada, near Zuba, in Gwagwalada Area Council. Speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, the President of WHPI, Hajiya Binta Ibrahim, said the initiative was aimed at empowering women and families ...

Merit Homes and Properties Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Katsina state government to construct a 500 housing units for the state civil servants at the cost of N2.5 billion. The signing of the memorandum was conducted at the office of Head of Service in Katsina. The Head of Service, Alhaji Idris Usman Tune, signed on behalf ...

Ninety per cent of the so-called affordable housing units built in Nigeria before now is in gross mismatch with affordability and accessibility dynamics of an average Nigerian citizen, New Telegraph has learnt. According to the Chairman, Value Chain Project Consultancy Limited, Pastor Joshua Egbagbe, there was no concerted push for intervention funds for the housing industry for low and medium ...

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has inaugurated the police housing scheme in the Ajoda area of Ibadan, Oyo State, saying the initiative is to enhance the performance of the men and women of the police force and help them resist corrupt practices or being compromised. Idris, who was represented at the event on Friday by the Deputy Inspector ...