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FG reviews housing budget to N500bn for 2025

POSTED ON November 19, 2024 •   POLITICS      BY Benedicta Bassey
Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, at the maiden edition of Meet the Press. Photo: Businessday

NIGERIA —The Federal Government on Tuesday said it is reviewing it's annual housing budget to a minimum of N500 billion starting with the 2025 budget.

The government, however, is in talk with the National Assembly leadership of over the budget review.

This was made known by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, at the maiden edition of Meet the Press, a weekly engagement forum organised by the Presidential Digital Strategy and Communications team.

Dangiwa said the housing budget increment became necessary because the N50bn annual budget for housing is “grossly inadequate” compared to the yearly N5.5tn required to address the housing deficit.

He said, “This would allow us to expand housing projects to cover the remaining 18 states and increase the unit count per state from 250 to at least 500."

He explained that, “Financing housing construction is expensive. So, we have devised creative and diversified funding strategies to create an impact under the Renewed Hope Agenda of Mr. President.

“While pursuing PPPs [Public-Private Partnerships], the government must also increase funding for the Renewed Hope Housing Programme. As a Ministry, we have championed this advocacy, and there is now widespread recognition that the current N50bn annual budget for housing is grossly inadequate compared to the N5.5 trillion required annually to address the housing deficit.

“Therefore, we have engaged the National Assembly leadership and received their support for increasing the annual housing budget to a minimum of N500bn, starting with the 2025 budget cycle.”

Explaining further, he said, the current N50bn budgetary provision funds only 12 Renewed Hope Estates through the 2023 supplementary budget, with an additional N27.2bn allocated in 2024 for infrastructure completion. He said the Ministry plans to expand these projects in the 2025 budget.

Second, Public-Private Partnerships are being used to fund the Karsana Renewed Hope City project, where a N100bn bankable guarantee from the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria enabled developers to raise over N40bn in financing. This PPP model, he said, aims to cater to high- and middle-income earners, while budget-funded Renewed Hope Estates provide more affordable options for low- and middle-income groups.

The Minister emphasised that while PPPs address housing needs for specific income levels, they cannot alone bridge the significant housing deficit, estimated at 550,000 units annually.

He said the discussions with the National Assembly have secured support for a minimum N500bn allocation beginning in 2025.

Additionally, the Ministry is finalising a partnership with Shelter Afrique Development Bank to finance 5,000 housing units with a N50bn investment, marking a milestone as the first direct collaboration with the Pan-African institution.

Lastly, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria is contributing low-cost funding to Renewed Hope Cities to ensure more affordable housing options for lower-income Nigerians, further balancing the diverse needs of citizens.

Dangiwa also announced the establishment of the National Social Housing Fund, which aims to ensure that all Nigerians, especially low-income earners and vulnerable and underprivileged groups, have access to decent and dignified housing.

He explained, “Before the end of 2025, the national social housing fund will be on the ground. The report is ready. We have done all our groundwork. We have written letters to all the stakeholders who are supposed to have a sense of belonging in the National Social Housing Fund.

“We have written the Federal Ministry of Finance, the budget office, and we have written to over 10 different agencies so that by the time we take it to the Federal Executive Council, we will have the backing of everybody.”

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