REMARKS BY THE HON. MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ARC. AHMED MUSA DANGIWA AT THE MEETING WITH THE INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS (IoD) AT THE MINISTRY’S HEAD OFFICE IN ABUJA ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Protocols
1. First, I would like to thank the Board of Governor led by Mr. U.K. Eke, MFR, FIoD of the IoD Center for Corporate Governance for paying me this courtesy visit.
2. I am a very proud member of the Center, so I know and acknowledge the good and important work that you are doing in promoting good governance practices in Nigerian companies and the Public Sector.
3. The ideals that the Center promotes align seamlessly with the fundamental principles that underpin effective and responsible leadership. This includes Integrity, Meritocracy, Professionalism, Accountability and Probity, Customer Centricity and Teamwork.
4. I recall that as the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) IoD was a strong partner and insightful resource during the series of Board/Management Retreats and Capacity Building/Training programs that we carried out.
5. During these sessions we sought to build a new culture of high performance that delivers results even while confronting systemic and institutional bottlenecks.
6. I believe that the robust contributions and input from IoD helped to bring clarity to our initiatives and increase staff capacity. All these resulted in the historic performance that I was able to lead the Management to record within our five years at the Bank.
7. I am proud to say that what we achieved in five years at FMBN was far more than what previous managements had achieved in 25 years before we came on board.
8. As the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, I plan to continue this collaboration with IoD.
9. Fortunately, the FMBN is under the supervision of our Ministry, so we are going to promote and encourage that engagement. We will do the same for the Federal Housing Authority.
10. We would leverage your capacities and resources to boost professionalism and effective leadership at all levels within the Ministry and Agencies towards powering our Action Plan for Housing and Urban Development.
11. We hope that we can do this through periodic retreats, seminars, brainstorming sessions to empower our professionals with the right leadership techniques.
12. In line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, we intend to build a Ministry of Housing and Urban Development that embraces the performance-driven culture of the private sector so that we can more effectively deliver homes and livable communities for Nigerians.
13. I acknowledge the challenges and past failed attempts in the housing sector. But I am hopeful that by leveraging the wealth of expertise of groups such as the IoD Center for Corporate Governance, and the cooperation of our Directors and Ministry staff, we shall deliver the Renewed Hope vision of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for the housing and urban development sectors.
14. Thank you all for your attention.
