TALKING POINTS FOR THE HONOURABLE MINISTER, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ARC. AHMED MUSA DANGIWA, AT THE NIGERIA DIASPORA INVESTMENT SUMMIT (NDIS) COURTESY VISIT, ON TUESDAY, 12TH DECEMBER 2023
Protocol
Good morning, ladies, and gentlemen.
1. It is my pleasure to welcome the leadership of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) under the leadership of Hon. Abike Dabiri to the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.
2. I also want to appreciate and acknowledge the innovative drive of the NiDCOM Chairman and her team for the good work that they are doing in actualizing the mandate of the Commission.
3. Like I said at the 6th Edition of the Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit, NIDCOM has over the years championed several initiatives and programs that are helping our country leverage the massive potential of our diaspora for national development. We have over 20million Nigerians in Diaspora remitting an average of over $24bn per annum.
4. Madam Chairman, we commend your leadership, the support of your team and partners and pray for more strength and wisdom to tap this huge potential.
5. As a Ministry, we are willing to support Diaspora initiatives in the housing and urban development space as well as encourage partnerships with the Diaspora towards making a change in the housing and urban development narrative of our dear country.
6. We are also committed to providing necessary support to NiDCOM’s plans to ensure that Nigerians in diaspora can own homes in Nigeria.
7. At the Summit, I launched the FMBN Diaspora Mortgage Loan which I had initiated and developed as the MD/CE of the Bank.
TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE FMBN DIASPORA MORTGAGE LOAN:
8. The Federal Housing Authority (FHA)is also involved as part of the Ministry’s efforts to cater to the Diaspora. They have undertaken to develop the Diaspora City Project under a Public Private Partnership comprising the FHA, The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the private sector.
TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE FHA DIASPORA CITY PROJECT
9. Our overall goal is to ensure that as our brothers and sisters’ sojourn abroad, they also have a decent shelter over here in Nigeria to call their home.
10. I would like to assure Madam Chairman that the Ministry is committed to taking relevant actions towards ensuring that FMBN and FHA deliver on the stated objectives of these initiatives.
11. Thank you for your attention and may God bless Nigeria.
