Ministry, LGs Partner On Urban Renewal Programme

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development is to collaborate with the nation’s local government departments of Works, Housing, Transportation and Environment on slum upgrading and Urban Renewal Programme in selected states of the federation.

This was affirmed when the leadership of the National Association of Directors of Local Government Departments of Works, Housing, Transport and Environment in Nigeria paid a study and advocacy visit to the Housing minister, Arc Musa Dangiwa in his office in Abuja.

Dangiwa told the delegation that beyond housing delivery, the ministry is embarking on slum upgrade and urban renewal in selected states across the country, hence the need for closer collaboration with the relevant local government departments in the selected states in the execution of the programme.

“Through this programme, we are upgrading communities deemed not fit for human habitation by all standards and transforming them into decent, liveable communities. We will do this by providing infrastructure like roads, water, sanitation and other amenities.

“This means we will be needing the support and collaboration of your members in these places to make our work easy”.

“Under the National Social Housing Programme, the Federal Government wants to build 100 decent and affordable accommodations in each of the 774 Local Government Areas to the low income and underprivileged citizens,” he stated

Earlier, the national president of the association, Musa Adamu, told the minister that the visit provided them the opportunity to commend the developmental efforts of the ministry.

He appealed on behalf of the association to the minister to partner with them in revitalising their departments for optimal performance and grassroots development.