Dangiwa Charges Nigerian Delegation to Act as Change Agents, Translate Global Lessons into State-Level Delivery
27th January 2026 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The Honourable Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, has urged members of the Nigerian delegation attending the Real Estate Future Forum to move beyond observation and actively translate lessons from the Forum into concrete reforms and delivery outcomes at home.
The Minister made the call on Day 2 of the Forum during a meeting with the Nigerian delegation, comprising senior Federal officials, State representatives, and private sector stakeholders, convened to take stock of key learnings midway through the three-day international event.
The Nigerian delegation included the Managing Director of Family Homes Funds Limited, Mr. Abdul Mutallab Mukhtar, representatives from States such as Lagos, Rivers, and Taraba, as well as private sector players, including Pison, real estate developers, and real estate law firms.
According to the Minister, Nigeria’s participation at the Forum is purposeful and strategic. “Our presence here is not symbolic. We are not here to observe from the sidelines. We are here to learn, engage, and reposition Nigeria — and our States — for the future of real estate and urban development,” he stated.
Arc. Dangiwa noted that discussions and case studies at the Forum clearly show that countries attracting serious real estate investment are those that have moved beyond fragmented projects to structured systems, predictable rules, and credible pipelines of bankable developments.
He challenged members of the delegation to reflect critically on what they had learned since the opening day of the Forum, the conversations they had engaged in, and the ideas or models that could reshape housing delivery, land management, and private capital mobilisation in Nigeria.
The Minister emphasised that all delegates must see themselves as change agents, stressing that the real work would begin after returning home. “What we pick up here must translate into better policies, faster approvals, clearer frameworks, and more effective delivery on the ground,” he said.
Highlighting ongoing efforts at the Federal level, Arc. Dangiwa explained that the Ministry is deliberately aligning housing policy, land reforms, housing finance, and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) structures into one coherent national housing delivery system. However, he underscored that States remain the primary arena for implementation.
“Investors are not just asking about Nigeria. They want clarity on specific States — land availability, titling, planning certainty, and execution capacity,” he noted.
He therefore urged State representatives to begin rethinking their investment readiness by reducing friction in land and planning processes, improving certainty, and moving from policy promises to bankable, investable projects.
As the Forum enters its final day, the Minister encouraged the delegation to engage more actively, ask deeper questions, build networks, and learn aggressively, with the goal of returning to Nigeria better informed, better aligned, and more determined to transform housing and urban development delivery nationwide.
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