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“After 30 years of operating the National Housing Fund (NHF), only three percent of Nigerian workers has benefited from it, New Telegraph has learnt.”- Ripples Nigeria According to the Managing Director, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Professor Mohammed Al-Amin, majority of federal and state governments’ staff who subscribed to NHF have not been able to access the fund to actualize their ...

“Succour may be in the offing for some contributors of the National Housing Fund (NHF) in Imo State, if recent pronouncements by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) are anything to go by.” The Guardian reports According to The Guardian, the FMBN financed 100 housing units under the Ministerial Pilot Housing Scheme at Naze, Owerri North Local Council to ...

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) and the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) have agreed to sign an Memoradum of Understanding (MOU) to meet the President Muhammadu Buhari’s annual target of delivering one million housing units.   The institutions also agreed to jointly explore opportunities for housing delivery through a number of on-going housing schemes such as the Accelerated Housing ...

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria has said contributions to the National Housing Fund reached N191.9bn in March. The Acting Managing Director, FMBN, Mr. Richard Esin, stated this at the ongoing 15th Lagos Housing Fair, where he was represented by the Lagos Zonal Coordinator of the bank, Mr. Yusuf Yinusa, adding that the money came from 4.14 million registered contributors ...

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Mr. Gimba Yau Kumo has unveiled his determination to establish the Nigeria Navy Primary Mortgage Bank (PMB) for efficient processing of Naval National Housing Fund (NHF) loan application. Kumo who disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Naval Headquarter in Abuja noted that Suntrust S & L ...

As part of efforts in making houses affordable for Nigerians, the Federal Government has commenced the construction of 150 units of two and three-bedroom flats in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The project, which is being handled by Meadville Building and Construction Company, is expected to be completed within the next three months. Speaking during the inauguration of the programme, the ...

About 105 naval personnel contributing to the National Housing Fund ( NHF) would benefit from mortgage scheme set aside by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) to facilitate home ownership in Nigeria. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FMBN, Mr. Gimba Ya’u Kumo stated this Wednesday when he led a management team on a courtesy visit to Defence Headquarters ...

THE National President, Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, REDAN, Rev. Ugochuckwu Chime has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to develop a new housing policy which will enable the common people, (the Talakawas) who voted him into power to have their own houses. The REDAN boss who made the appeal  at the end of a one-day multi- stakeholders interactive workshop ...

Housing is one of man’s key needs. Most people would like to own their own houses. Unfortunately, there are far too many obstacles stifling the achievement of this dream of owning their own homes. In spite of Nigeria being Africa’s largest economy with a GDP of $510 billion, the housing and construction sector accounts for only 3.1% of the rebased ...

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria has said that out of the four million registered contributors to the National Housing Fund, only 60,000 or 1.5 per cent of the total have been able to access mortgage loans. According to the bank, although the dismal number is due to many constraints to housing finance in Nigeria, the FMBN has adopted a ...