Ahmed Dangiwa, the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, has said that the federal government will deliver affordable housing to Nigerians by knocking down the systemic barriers in the country.
Speaking during a dinner organised in his honour by the Housing Development Advocacy Network, HDAN, in FCT Abuja on Saturday, August 26, Dangiwa had remarked that all Nigerians deserved access to decent, quality and affordable housing.
According to him, it was the duty of housing industry stakeholders,to do things differently and collectively in their various capacities and work towards breaking all the systemic barriers.
In the minister’s words:
“I have met with senior staff and heads of agencies under the ministry with a plan to launch a Strategic Housing and Urban Development Blueprint, and it will include details of our priorities, initiatives, reforms, and plans.”
Dangiwa had also stated that the responsibility of the ministry was to build an enabling environment that would motivate private sector investment and create policies that would qualify agencies under his watch to perform their functions favourably .
Dangiwa also commented that he understood all the challenges in the sector, especially seeing that he was an environment expert, and that he was determined to remedy them, with the support, expertise and knowledge of industry stakeholders.
The stakeholders in the sector had themselves, promised to support the minister.
