The Nigerian Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has announced a new Unified Housing Delivery Framework aimed at strengthening collaboration between the Federal and State Governments to deliver housing at scale and build sustainable cities across Nigeria.
The Minister spoke at the 14th Meeting of the National Council on Lands, Housing, and Urban Development in Ilorin, Kwara State, under the theme ‘Achieving Housing Delivery and Sustainable Cities through Effective Land Management, Urban Renewal, Promotion of Local Building Materials, and Public-Private Partnerships in Nigeria.’
He said the Federal Government is repositioning Nigeria’s housing sector to operate as a single, coordinated national system rather than fragmented interventions.
According to the Minister, the new direction is focused on ensuring that the Ministry and all Federal Housing Institutions (FHIs) function as One Government in delivering results that directly support States and local implementation efforts.
“This is to ensure that they operate not in silos, but as One Coherent National Housing Delivery System, working in direct support of State-level implementation,” he stated.
He explained that to translate this coordinated national system into tangible outcomes across the country, the Ministry has developed a Unified Housing Delivery Framework that enables structured State participation, greater scale, and measurable impact.
“We have developed a Unified Housing Delivery Framework that enables structured State participation, scale, and impact,” he stated.
Framework Objective
Minister further emphasised that the objective of the Framework was to provide clarity and predictable collaboration between the Federal and State Governments in housing delivery.
He reaffirmed that the Ministry of Housing remains Nigeria’s designated Coordinating Ministry for housing, land, and urban development, providing policy direction, setting standards, aligning national initiatives, and mobilising private and development finance for housing delivery.
The Minister outlined the Inter-Ministerial Federal delivery and financing architecture driving the Renewed Hope Agenda to include the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), delivering single-digit mortgage products, NHF-linked financing, and rent-to-own schemes, among others.
He noted that the Ministry’s 2026 Strategic Plan prioritises stronger coordination across these institutions to function as a unified national delivery system.
The Minister concluded by describing the Unified Framework as a deliberate national shift away from isolated interventions toward a coordinated system where all tiers of government deliver measurable housing outcomes together.
“The Federal Government provides leadership, institutions, and finance. States provide land and subsidies, execution, and local leadership. Together, we deliver homes, renew cities, and unlock growth,” the Minister said.
While speaking, the Chairman, House Committee on Urban Development and Regional Planning, Honourable Awaji-Inombek Abiante, raised concerns over unsafe urban farming practices linked to poor land use planning, warning that they pose grave public health risks and undermine sustainable urban development in Nigeria.
“These practices are not accidental; they are the direct consequences of poor land management and the failure to designate safe, planned environments for agriculture within urban and peri-urban areas,” he added.