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IN an effort to address the housing deficit in the country, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, has disbursed N226.6 billion as loan through the National Housing Fund, NHF. Ahmed Dangiwa, managing director, said the bank had registered 4,927,407 contributors and 23,387 organisations on the NHF.
Dangiwa, who spoke at the National House Fair 3.0, said the bank was targeting affordable homeownership for Low and Medium Income, LMI, market segment. “Construction of 27,584 housing units financed to date, 20,591 NHF mortgage loans granted to NHF contributors, while 27,247 housing micro-loans of N28.9 billion disbursed. More than N31.1 billion was refunded to 273,485 retirees,’’ he said.
According to him, LMI segment accounts for about 90 percent of the Nigerian population. Dangiwa said mortgage finance accessibility and affordability formed a major focus of the bank. He said government-assist fund was critical for improving affordability for the middle income market.
“The future growth and development of the Nigerian housing sector, especially the mortgage sub-sector, is predicated on expanding housing access and affability for the middle class.”
Dangiwa said as demonstrated in economies like the U.S., Singapore and others, empowering the middle class through homeownership was the surest avenue for economic development drive by production and construction consumption.
According to him, empowering the middle class creates a wealthy society. He said the adoption of a multi-dimensional approach to housing finance in Nigeria must be encouraged and strengthening government institutions delivering assist-funding and collaboration among relevant stakeholders.
– Oct. 4, 2019 @ 17:05 GMT |
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