Nigeria’s Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, has directed the Federal Controllers of Housing throughout the states of the federation to provide month-to-month updates and statistics of initiatives in their respective states to the ministry.
The Minister gave this directive throughout his maiden assembly with the Federal Controllers of Housing from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja.
“As our ambassadors, you are to effectively liaise with the state government and provide updates to the ministry. We intend to run a ministry driven by data and so you are expected to go beyond the routine inspection of projects,” Dangiwa mentioned
The Minister additionally charged the Controllers to be extra alive to their tasks because the representatives of the Ministry and the Presidency.
He defined that as ambassadors of the Ministry on the varied states, the Controllers are there to guard the curiosity of the Ministry, liaise with state governments and officers on issues referring to housing and concrete growth, provide up-to-date stories on actions in the state as they have an effect on the programmes of the Ministry, in addition to serving as Chief Implementation Officers for the varied initiatives of the Ministry throughout the states, amongst others.
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He famous that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s deliberate adjustments in the housing sector has been exhibited by the demerger of the previous Ministry of Works and Housing, and the creation of a full-fledged Ministry to pursue the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Agenda for the housing and concrete sector.
“Let me, at this point, remind you that our mandate as a Ministry is the provision of decent, quality, and affordable homes for all Nigerians, as well as the creation of livable cities equipped with all facilities that makes life comfortable,” he said.
Dangiwa listed some key efficiency targets anticipated from the controllers, a few of that are: the necessity for a land financial institution that will comprise related data such because the land’s location, hectarage, standing, bodily state, and advice of what it needs to be used for to help efficient planning, and taking duty in the sale of accomplished housing models in partnership with state governments and organised labour utilizing inventive approaches like radio jingles, fliers amongst others.
He additionally listed the mandate of leveraging on a facility administration construction to take care of the integrity, livability, and high quality of the estates; Involvement in the planning course of and web site number of the National Housing Programme, in addition to guaranteeing cost-effective, reasonably priced, and natural designs.
The Minister additionally demanded written stories on the National Housing Projects in every state to be submitted to the headquarters month-to-month, with clear suggestions and analysis of builders’ capacities.
“Pre-handover exercises should be carried out for completed estates, involving the relevant Directorates at the Ministry’s head office, so that handed-over projects can be easily identified and monitored. The Directorate will ensure that the level of completion and any outstanding works can be reported accordingly. At hand-over of completed projects, the contractor must hand over their security guards to the ministry to watch alongside officials of the NSCDC for post-construction security management of the site,” he additional defined.
On the a part of the Ministry, Dangiwa knowledgeable that the Ministry has set out bold and achievable targets which incorporates: the supply of 5.5 million housing models for 10 years, utilizing current devices of the Ministry in addition to leveraging collaborations and Public-Private Partnership preparations; and likewise Renewed Hope Cities undertaking, to start with a primary part of 40,000 models throughout the federation and the FCT, to bridge the housing hole.
He additional revealed plans to hold out Slum Upgrading and Urban Renewal initiatives in choose states to enhance the welfare of Nigerian residents.
