The Federal Government said it was set to provide more adequate and affordable housing for about 2, 000 families in Abuja.
The Minister of State for Works and Housing, Mu’azu Sambo, made this known during an inspection of the Affordable Housing and Management Development Initiative in Gwagwalada, Abuja.
He said Nigeria’s population, which is about 200 million, had been projected to hit 400 million by 2050, explaining that the huge population would need affordable houses to live in.
He explained that his decision to visit the project in his first outing as a minister was deliberate, stressing that if the Federal Capital Territory FCT gets it right, it would be a template that would be replicated all over the country.
The Head of Public Private Partnership of the ministry, Abimbola Asein, said the affordable housing initiative was sitting on 113 hectares of land to ensure shelter for Nigerians, especially the low and middle income earners.
