The House of Representatives has alleged that the Federal
Ministry of Works and Housing has built about 4,000 housing units, but left
them unsold and unoccupied.
The allegation is contained in a motion unanimously adopted
at the plenary on Tuesday.
The motion moved by a member, Mansur Soro, is titled, ‘Call
on the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to Dispose of Houses Constructed
under the National Housing Programme.’
Adopting the motion, the House called on the ministry, which
is headed by Babatunde Fashola (SAN), to “earnestly begin the process of
disposing the completed houses to most deserving Nigerians,” while mandating
the Committee on Housing and Habitat to interface with the Ministry of Works
and Housing to ensure compliance with the resolution.
Moving the motion, Soro said, “The House notes that since
2015, Nigeria has been contending with over 15 million housing deficit, which
requires about 150,000 houses to be built yearly to bridge the gap.
“The National Housing Programme (Phase I) was launched in
January 2016, with the construction of 2,500 units of houses in the 36 states
and the Phase II of the programme was launched in 2018.
“The House is aware
that nearly 4,000 houses have been completed and have remained unoccupied and
if not disposed of to interested and deserving Nigerians, they may begin to
wear out, a development that will not address the Housing deficits in Nigeria.”
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