The Ministry of Works and Housing said it is constructing 1,868 housing units through the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) for use by Nigerians in need of houses.
Minister of State for Works and Housing, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, said this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said some of the houses have already been completed while others are at various stages of completion.“The Federal Housing Authority has a total of 1868 housing units under construction between August 2015 and December 2019 and out of these, a total of 461 housing units have so far been delivered in six states including the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Benue, Bayelsa, Cross River and Anambra States,” he said.
He said the construction of houses has so far created over 39, 000 jobs for Nigerians.“In the course of providing these houses and the construction process associated with it, jobs in the construction value chain translating into 39, 100 employments were created for Nigerians,” he said.
The minister said the completed houses are already being sold to interested Nigerians, who can apply for purchase through the FHA platform.