According to the agency, interested Nigerians can have homes delivered to them based on their financial capabilities.
The Managing Director/Chief Executive
Officer, FHA, Mr. Terver Gemade, explained that the development was
aimed at bridging the 17 million housing units’ gap in Nigeria.
He spoke on the sidelines of the handing
over of the affairs of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban
Development to Mrs. Akon Eyakenyi in Abuja on Monday.
Gemade said, “We are targeting the middle
income earners this time around and we want to ensure that even low
income earners can own their homes. We are going to be specific in our
target to ensure that the homes are affordable, decent, durable and
sustainable.
“Of course, home ownership will be
assured by biometrics. We will ensure that we get your biodata and it
will be one thumb-print to one house. Since we are encouraging home
ownership, it does not matter whether a big man brings his villagers to
come and thumb print because at the end, the villagers will own homes.
“We will make the houses as low as N1.5m,
N2m, N3m, N4m and upwards. The N1.5m is for the studio house; what you
call the self-contained; and I can assure you that I can give you that
for N1.5m.”