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Feb

2026

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Housing Ministry, NIWA, OSGoF Harmonise Positions for Effective Shoreline Regulations

* Approve Unified Procedure for Shoreline Reclamation, Inland Waterways Management

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (FMHUD), National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and Office of Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGoF) have come up with a unified and transparent framework for the effective control and management of national inland waterways and shorelines.

This is part of the resolutions of a meeting of the Technical Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Effective Control and Management of National Inland Waterways and Shorelines.

The committee, comprising the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (FMHUD), the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGOF), was set up to review, harmonise and update procedures on shoreline reclamation applications, allocations and collaborative regulatory processes.

Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, the Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), and Surveyor-General of the Federation, set up the tripartite inter ministerial technical committe to carry out the assignment.

This is in line with the directives of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, and the aspirations of the Renewed Hope Agenda.

The inter ministerial technical committee meeting focused on strengthening inter-agency collaboration, enhancing transparency and safeguarding the national interest in the administration of Nigeria’s shoreline and inland waterways assets.

Following extensive deliberations, the Committee approved a unified Standard Application Procedure (SAP) to guide all shoreline allocations, reclamation requests and related approvals, in order to ensure uniformity, accountability and transparency.

Under the new framework, all shoreline applications shall commence with the submission of a Letter of Intent to the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, to be followed by a mandatory joint inspection by FMHUD and NIWA, with the participation of the applicant.

The Committee further resolved that provisional allocations shall be based strictly on survey data jointly validated and charted by surveyors from FMHUD, NIWA and the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation, in order to prevent encroachment into navigational channels, avoid overlapping grants and safeguard national spatial integrity.

In addition, all existing shoreline grants-whether new, active, dormant or pending-shall be subjected to immediate review in line with the newly approved Standard Application Procedure. In accordance with earlier Presidential directives, any approval granted in previous years without evidence of payment of statutory assessed fees has been revoked.

For high-sensitivity locations, including Banana Island, the Committee directed that no new approval or extension shall exceed boundaries jointly established by FMHUD, OSGoF and NIWA, adding that strict compliance shall be enforced.

To strengthen process integrity and eliminate delays, the Committee approved a mandatory processing timeline of fourteen (14) days for each stage of the shoreline application and approval process. All Provisional Offer Letters shall henceforth carry clear expiration clauses, while non-compliance by officers or applicants shall attract appropriate administrative and regulatory sanctions.

The resolutions of the Committee supersede all previous communications, directives, circulars and guidelines issued by any Ministry, Department or Agency in respect of shoreline reclamation, allocation, survey validation and related regulatory matters.

The Committee commended the participating agencies for their cooperation and reaffirmed its commitment to a transparent, coordinated and sustainable framework for the management, protection and orderly development of Nigeria’s inland waterways and shorelines.

Nov

2024

Housing Ministry Introduces Monitoring, Review Mechanism on Housing Council Resolutions * Concerned about non implementation of Council resolutions over the years Ministry of Housing and Urban Development is set to introduce a mid term monitoring and review mechanism that will ensure effective implementation of resolutions of the meeting of National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development being organised by the Ministry, annually. Permanent Secretary, Dr Marcus Ogunbiyi stated this in his remarks during the meeting of the body of Permanent Secretaries at the ongoing 13th meeting of the Council in Gombe state. Wednesday, November 13th, 2024. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development is the Chairman of the body of Permanent Secretaries in the Council, and it's resolutions will be presented to the ministerial body of states commissioners for deliberations and adoption. Ogunbiyi explained, that the Ministry is setting up measures to ensure comprehensive compliance with Council resolutions by all stakeholders in the housing sector, in order to advance the nation’s housing agenda. The theme for the 13th (2024) meeting is "Housing the Future: Affordable Housing for Economic Growth, Climate Resilience and Urban Development". " Concerned with the non-implementation of Council resolutions over the years, the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development sponsored a memo this year to seek the approval of Council for the mid-term monitoring of the implementation of Council resolutions. I am happy to inform you that the Technical Session held yesterday accepted the prayers and this will be presented to the body of Permanent Secretaries today", he stated. He reminded the Permanent Secretaries that the meeting serves as a powerful reminder on collective responsibility to advance the development of the Housing and Urban Development sector in Nigeria. Outlining some challenges facing the housing sector, Ogunbiyi listed, shortages of affordable housing, rapid urbanization, and poor access to land. He then highlighted the initiatives of the Ministry to tackle the challenges to include; Renewed Hope Cities and Estates Housing Programme, which he noted has seen significant progress in housing development across all geo-political zones of the country. In addition, he stated the initiative of the ministry to establish the National Housing Data Center aimed at creating a comprehensive housing data framework to support housing policy and planning. He explained that the Steering Committee on the Housing Data which he chaired was charged with the responsibility of providing direction and oversight for the collection of National Housing Data from Public and Private Institutions and creating access to housing data in Nigeria for Policy, Planning and decision-making. “This Committee has already mandated its Technical Working Group (TWG) to come up with the Governance and Data Gathering Frameworks and modalities for setting up the National Housing Data Center (NHDC). This Programme is among some of the key initiatives of the Ministry geared towards the achievement of our mandate", he remarked. Stressing the need for stronger public-private partnerships, innovation, and community engagement to meet the urgent demands for affordable and sustainable housing, he described the theme of the Council meeting as a call to action and not just a topic for discussion, urging stakeholders to bring their expertise to drive meaningful development Speaking earlier, the Commisioner Ministry of Works, Housing and Transporrtation, Gombe, Engr. Usman Kallamu, said the council meeting affords delegates to identify the importance of affordability in Nigerian’s economic and urban development, urging participants to actively participate, share their insights and collaborate towards achieving the objectives of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. Paper pesentations on: Building Collapse and Mortgage Registry Administration were respectively made by the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) and Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN). On building collapse, it was noted that failure to engage appropriate building supervisors, pressure to rush the design, non-engagement of professionals, lack of appropriate technology and professionals manning the building permit agency, use of substandard building materials, among others are causes of building collapse in Nigeria. ...

Nov

2024

Housing Sector Experts, Stakeholders Converge for National Housing Council in Gombe * Affordable housing for Nigerians, building collapse menace, key topics for discussion Regulatory agencies, Professional bodies and stakeholders in the Nigeria housing sector have converged in Gombe, Gombe State capital for the 13th Meeting of the National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development. Organised by the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, the13th Council meeting themed "Housing the Future: Affordable Housing for Economic Growth, Climate Resilience and Urban Development" would last till Friday, November 15th, 2024. It is a meeting of stakeholders in the housing sector to review and discuss issues confronting the sector, exchange ideas and proffer solutions to move the sector forward. Participants at the meeting include: States' Honourable Commissioners, federal and States Directors in the built environment, States' Surveyors- General, General Managers/CEOs of Housing Coorperatios, Permanent Secretaries, Professionals and Regulatory bodies in the housing sector. In a key note address, the Commissioner, Gombe State Ministry of Works, Housing and Transportation, Engr. Usman Maijama'a Kallamu, stated that the meeting would reveal the importance of affordable housing as a driver of economic growth, tool to mitigate climate and foster sustainable urban development. " Our collective goal is to provide opportunity for every individual to have access to safe, decent and affordable housing" he remarked. In a welcome address, the Permanent Secretary, Gombe State Ministry of Works, Housing and Transportation, Danladi Adamu, charged the delegates with the provision of mechanism to attract, increase, encourage and promote domestic sector investment in the housing sector, urging them to ensure the growth of best practices in the building sector to address incessant building collapse in the country. In his introductory remark, Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Mohammed Bala Saulawa, explained that the Council meeting was structured into three sessions namely; the technical session of the directors, the session of the body of Permanent Secretaries under the Chairmanship of the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, and the Ministerial/States Commissioners session which is presided over by the Honourable Minister of Housing and Urban Development. Saulawa further stated that, the National Council on Lands Housing and Urban Development is the highest body in policy making for lands, housing and urban development matters in Nigeria. He urged participants to display a high level of professionalism in their deliberations, noting that, the technical session is expected to come up with solutions to the critical areas that will enhance housing affordability, provide equilibrium in demand and supply of housing market and tackle rapid increase in building collapse in Nigeria On building collapse, Saulawa pointed out that, it is not only about the building itself, rather the lives that are being lost and properties wasted, noting that council will come up with the policy that would help to curb the menace of building collapse in Nigeria. He further revealed that the Honourable Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa has recently inaugurated the building collapse tribunal, aimed at ensuring that anyone found wanting of the established laws will be sanctioned. The Council meeting affords experts from different field in the built environment the opportunity to share their wealth of experiences ranging from housing finance, prevention of building collapse, effective and efficient way of ensuring compensation for lands to the beneficiaries, among others. ...

Nov

2024

Dangiwa Urges African Housing Ministers to Implement New Urban Agenda Initiatives *Pledges Nigeria’s Commitment to Sustainable Urbanization Cairo, Egypt – November 7, 2024 - At the African Ministerial Caucus of the 12th World Urban Forum, held in Cairo, Egypt, Nigeria's Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, called on African nations to intensify their efforts in implementing the New Urban Agenda initiatives. Dangiwa emphasized the critical need for sustainable urban development across Africa, affirming Nigeria’s commitment to achieving these goals through collaborative action, innovative financing, and robust public-private partnerships. The African Ministerial Caucus had in attendance Ministers of Housing, Land, and Urban Development from numerous African countries, including Uganda, Lesotho, Zambia, and Eswatini, who shared progress reports on their respective countries' strides in implementing the New Urban Agenda. Additionally, housing development finance institutions, including Shelter Afrique Development Bank, actively participated in discussions, underscoring the importance of financial partnerships in driving sustainable urbanization across the continent. In his address, Dangiwa highlighted the unified stance that African nations had adopted at the recent African Urban Forum in Addis Ababa, where countries pledged to fast-track Sustainable Development Goal 11 and align it with the African Union’s Agenda 2063. "Member states must continue to develop and implement comprehensive national plans integrating infrastructure, environmental stewardship, and economic growth to transform our cities into engines of prosperity," he stated. A key part of resolutions at the Forum was the importance of establishing national urban forums across Africa. These forums are to foster stakeholder dialogue towards sharpening national policies of member countries on urban planning, climate resilience, and economic inclusion, bolstering Africa’s ability to confront urban challenges through the Africa Urban Resilience Programme (AURP). The Hon. Minister also reiterate the need for transparent financial mechanisms and urged financial institutions to design innovative financing models that address low-income housing and promote sustainable economic growth. He pointed to Nigeria’s partnership with Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB), which mobilizes concessional funding to bridge Africa’s urban development financing gap, as an example for other nations. Dangiwa also shared Nigeria’s recent initiatives under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s leadership, including the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates Program aimed at providing 100,000 housing units nationwide. Nigeria’s commitment to sustainable urban development includes IFC EDGE partnerships that promote green building practices, urban renewal projects, and slum upgrades, demonstrating an integrated approach to enhancing urban environments. ...

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Mar

2018

Remarks By Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN At The Inauguration Of The Governing Boards Of The Federal Housing Authority And The Federal Mortgage Bank Of Nigeria

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We gather today to perform a formality. We gather to inaugurate the Governing Boards of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) as required by their enabling statutes and as approved by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR.

As simple and formal as this event is, it has profound consequences.

One consequence is that it offers opportunity to the Nigerians who we inaugurate today to participate in the decision-making process that affect the lives of millions of people, who will partake and benefit of the prosperity that a Housing economy offers.

It is an opportunity whose importance is not to be viewed lightly. This is the opportunity to participate by rendering service, and it is the hallmark of liberal democracy.

Every so often, many of us complain that things are not heading in the direction we like, but how many of us volunteer our time, our skills and our resources to affecting the course of events?

More importantly, how many of us accept to serve with titles that are not headline grabbing like President, Governor, Senator, and Local Government Chairman; and how many will accept to serve without a title?

I have said before that you do not need a title to serve, and if we all pause to look beyond in elective offices, and the big titles, we will see an enormous field of opportunities for service beckoning on men and women of goodwill to step forward and contribute to nation building.

This is the profound decision all of you have taken by accepting these appointments to serve in these two important institutions.

On behalf of President Buhari, the Government and People of Nigeria, I thank you for accepting and for the service you will render to our people.

As to what your roles will be, please let me implore you to quickly avail yourselves of a copy of the respective laws setting up your agencies, where your functions and powers are spelt out.

But if a guide is required, let me say that you will individually and collectively be the conscience of these agencies for implementing the policies of Government, with respect to public housing and mortgage financing in Nigeria.

Some of the programmes and projects of these Agencies will come to you for approvals, and it will be your duty to decide whether to approve or not.

In doing so, you will have to decide whether the proposals are consistent with Law, whether they advance public good, whether they will bring the greatest good to the greatest number of people.

As you undertake this responsibility, please permit me to remind you that it is men and women who build institutions and not the other way around.

Therefore, good institutions are the aggregate of good deeds of good men and women, while unsalutary institutions similarly represent the aggregate of the unsalutary deeds of men and women who, perhaps, were never worthy of the responsibility they were entrusted with.

Ladies and Gentlemen, since the FHA and FMBN were set up, they have experienced their fair share of challenges, while they have also become well-known brands within the country.

This is now your responsibility to reposition these brands and utilize them, by providing the guidance for the Managing Directors and Management teams of FHA and FMBN to enable them deliver service to Nigerians.

For the avoidance of doubt, let me state that the Policy of Government is to deliver Affordable Housing, acceptable to Nigerians and these agencies, whose brands you will now administer are the implementing arms of Government for: a) Housing delivery (FHA) and b) Housing Financing (FMBN).

The Managing Directors and their Management teams have the executive responsibility for carrying these out, subject to your Board oversight, approvals and advice, while the Ministry plays a supervisory role.

Therefore, we expect to see harmony, respect, teamwork and a healthy working co-operation between Board and Management.

On the part of the Ministry, I assure you that we will supervise but we will not interfere.

For your information, we are piloting a Housing Programme and currently constructing in 33 (Thirty-Three) States of Nigeria.

We do this to validate and test what type of housing design responds to Nigeria’s diverse cultural, climatic and religious needs, so as to ascertain what is acceptable and affordable.

We are at different stages of construction in different states, and we have commended these designs to FHA, without imposing them.

Our decision is informed by the evidence of previous housing initiatives that people did not take up and empty houses that still abound in almost every state of Nigeria.

These untaken houses, and the deficit of Housing, suggests to us that the untaken houses are either unacceptable or unaffordable or both.

We see housing as a product, and we take the view that before they can be delivered to market, we must know what the people want and what they can afford.

When our pilot is fully completed, these answers will become self-evident and this is when we can mass produce.

There is certainly nothing that stops FHA from undertaking other designs of housing if she can find a market for it, and she can deploy the income to cross-subsidize and make mass housing more affordable.

As for the financing side, this is critical to affordability and it is as much the function of FHA in cost management and delivery as it is that of FMBN in delivering mortgages of affordable tenures and costs. Since May 2015 to date FMBN has issued 2,724 mortgages worth N20.237BN to assist Nigerians buy their own homes; under the National Housing Fund.

Ladies and Gentlemen, once again, let me thank you for accepting to serve. The tenure and condition of service are contained in the letters of appointment that have been issued to you.

It is my honour and pleasure on behalf of Mr. President and the Federal Government of Nigeria to Inaugurate the Boards of the FMBN and FHA.

Please accept my best wishes for a successful tenure of service.

Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN
Honourable Minister of Power, Works and Housing

Feb

2018

Remarks By H.E, Babatunde Raji Fashola, San At Meeting With Manufacturers Association Of Nigeria (Man) On Tuesday 13th February 2018

I would like to thank you all for responding to our invitation to discuss the possibility of increasing not only access to power for business, but also improving the quantity and quality of power.

For too long, the story of our manufacturing and production sector has been characterized by lack of infrastructure, including power supply, and the best we seem to have done is to talk about the problem and imagine the possibilities if the problems were removed.

Our meeting is important because we gather not to talk about the problem, we gather to solve the problem. As I said at a different forum, we have a new problem; we have more power than we can distribute.

In that context, we cannot continue to talk of lack of power; instead, we must talk about how to connect to the available and unsold power, and what it will cost to do so.

I must, therefore, thank Dr. Frank Jacobs of M.A.N for the enthusiasm with which they have embraced the idea to have this meeting.

For the records, and as a matter of fact, Nigeria’s Power Generating Companies are now able to produce 7,000 MW and the transmission company is able to transport all of it and is expanding its capacity daily.

The distribution companies have also increased their load taking capacity to 5,0000MW.

However, this leaves a gap of 2,000MW of what you manufacturers will call unsold inventory.

This is in the face of more power plants that will come to operation in 2018 as promised by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, in his New Year Day address, such as Azura, 459 MW; Afam III, 240 MW, Kaduna, 215 MW, and a host of others.

This unsold and increasing inventory is what this meeting offers to manufacturers as your critical Raw Material to reduce the cost of production.

This is why we declared the Eligible Customer Policy and NERC made the rules that guide its implementation, such that bulk power consumers purchase power from GENCOs directly, while ensuring that the business of DISCOs is protected.

For clarity, let me state that under the EPSRA of 2005, the clear intention was that Generation Companies should be able to sell power to 3 (three) classes of persons:

A. The bulk trader (NBET)
B. The Distribution Companies
C. The eligible customer

What we have largely seen are sale to the Bulk Trader.

What we gather to do today is to open the window for sales to the Eligible Customer.

There can be no better time to explore this option than when there is the inventory of unsold power, with the clear promise of more to come.

The market must open to all willing buyers.

This access to power, for manufacturing and production, is the big bridge towards diversification of the Economy.

This is what Nigeria has wanted to do since the 1970s with initiatives such as Operation Feed the Nation and Green Revolution.

But, every time we have started, we have failed to complete the cycle, either due to lack of infrastructure like power to support industries or the elixir of cheap petro-dollars that dim our focus.

Now that Agriculture is back on the right track, Mining is raring to go into industrial production, road and rail infrastructure are being constructed, the Power infrastructure must lock into the mix.

In spite of the spike in oil prices, we must complete this foundation for our Economic and Industrial liberation, by remaining focused. This is what the Buhari Administration seeks to achieve with the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.

This is the big boost for “Made in Nigeria.”

As you gather today with our technical team, I urge you to be open, frank and, most importantly, be flexible. The negotiations may be tough, but please never walk away from the table.

See only one reason why we must try this, and ignore all the naysayers, who only see why new things should never be done.

Every one of you here today stands at the cusp of history as you deliberate on the necessary actions to build the Bridge that Connects Nigeria’s Industrial Backbone to Electricity.

I await the outcome of this meeting expectantly, and I wish you fruitful deliberations.

Thank you very much.

Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN
Honourable Minister of Power, Works and Housing

Tuesday 13th February 2018

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Feb

2026

JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE TECHNICAL INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON THE EFFECTIVE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NIGERIA INLAND WATERWAYS AND SHORELINES

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Jan

2026

DR TAOFEEK OLATINWO AND GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN COUNCIL

Dr Taofeek Olatinwo and group photograph of the participants in Council

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Jan

2026

CROSS SECTION OF PARTICIPANTS AT THE MEETING OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARIES DURING THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON LANDS, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARY, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, DR SHUAIB BELGORE, HOLDING IN ILORIN, KWARA STATE, WEDNESDAY, 21ST JANUARY, 2026.

Cross section of participants at the meeting of the Permanent Secretaries during the meeting of the National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development under the Chairmanship of the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Dr Shuaib Belgore, holding in Ilorin, Kwara State, Wednesday, 21st January, 2026.

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