Oritsegbubemi Omatseyin
Lagos — The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Dr Shuaib Belgore has restated the commitment of the federal government to solving the housing needs of Nigerians.
Belgore reiterated this when he hosted the marketing manager of China Harbour Engineering Company limited, Mr Nicholas Liu who led his management officers on a visit to the ministry.
He said the primary mandate of the housing ministry under the Renewed Hope Housing Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR is to provide more housing for Nigerians.
Belgore explained that the ministry currently has 14 active construction sites spread across the six geo- political zones of the country, building housing cities and estates, hoping to be commissioned by May 29th.
He told the Chinese team that the ministry is open to Public Private Partnership, PPP, as it will further advance the solution to housing problems in Nigeria, urging them to cooperate with the ministry to ensure more housing is timely provided.
“By May 29th, the Renewed Hope Housing Units will be ready to mark Nigeria’s democracy day. The administration is strongly committed to solving the housing problem, not just in the FCT but Nigeria at large,” he remarked.
The marketing manager of the China Harbour Engineering Company limited, Nicholas Liu, explained that their company has executed so many gigantic urban housing projects internationally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.
Nicholas added that CHEC adheres to the concept of building, operating and developing cities and it has successfully completed world-class comprehensive urban development projects such as Colombo Port City in Sri Lanka and The Grand in Los Angeles USA, thus it has a wealth of experience in urban planning, construction and development, industry import, operation management and other fields.
