FG to Address 17m Housing Deficit Before May 2023

Emameh Gabriel in Abuja

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Housing Authority of Nigeria, Senator Gbenga Bareehu Ashafa, has disclosed that the federal government would leave no stone unturned to address the estimated 17 million housing deficit in Nigeria before the end of the current administration on May 29, 2023.

Gbenga Ashafa, made the disclosure yesterday at the soft launch of Expressview Estate Lugbe, a partnership project between Mixta Africa and the FHA in Abuja.

According to him, the data of housing deficit in Nigeria do not always capture unoccupied houses, just like the one flagged off in Lugbe which is sitting on a 1.5 hectare of land where 58 terrex flats and might not be captured upon completion.

The FHA MD who said the agency has just completed about 300 houses in Zuba for the low income earners, added that a lot of houses have been delivered to Nigerians within a short period of time.


“What the Honourable Minister of Work and Housing have been saying right from onset, we’ve not been able to come up with a specific figure, “he said.

Also speaking, Hayatudeen Awwal, the Managing Director of the FHA Mortgage Bank said the partnership with Mixta Africa will transform the Expressview Estate in Lugbe.