The Federal Government has commenced the distribution of 8,925 homes to eligible candidates across the country through the National Housing Programme (NHP).
This announcement was made via a statement released by Dr. Marcus Ogunbiyi, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development in Abuja.
Ogunbiyi said the initial phase of the allocation process has been completed following a reassessment of the terms and procedures for the sale of houses under the NHP.
In his words: “Out of a total of 8925 applications that were received,1,294 were for outright payment, 2408 for mortgage, 2184 for Rent to own and 3039 were for Instalment payment modes.
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“The offer of New Provisional Allocation Letters for the first batch of successful applicants under the Outright Payment mode are now ready.
“The successful subscribers would be contacted by the Federal Controllers of Housing and Urban Development in the states as well as the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) from Thursday for collection.”
Mr Ogunbiyi added that applicants under the Mortgage, Rent to own and Instalment payment modes who should be subscribers to the National Housing Fund (NHF) were presently undergoing profiling.
Federal Government scheme, which entitles all Nigerians above the age of 21 years in paid employment to a low interest, government funded loan.
