The Federal Government has concluded the allocation for the first batch of completed houses across the 36 states of Nigeria.
Salisu Haiba, spokesperson for the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Marcus Ogunbiyi disclosed this in a statement.
Ogunbiyi said the first batch of the allocation process for successful applicants was concluded after a review of the conditions and procedures for sales of houses under the National Housing Programme (NHP).
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He disclosed in a circular with Ref. No. DPBH/645/1/643 from the Ministry on the December 29, 2023 that out of a total of 8,925 applications that were received, 1,294 were for outright payment.
The Permanent Secretary added that 2,408 applications were for Mortgage, 2,184 for Rent to own while 3,039 were for installmental payment modes.
Ogunbiyi informed the general public that the offer of New Provisional Allocation Letters for the first batch of successful applicants under the Outright Payment mode are now ready.
He explained that 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) as from Thursday 18 April, 2024 for collection.
“Applicants under the Mortgage, Rent to own and Installmental payment modes who should be subscribers to the National Housing Fund (NHF) are presently undergoing profiling,” he added.
The Permanent Secretary, however, noted that there are no completed houses in Abia, Lagos, Bayelsa, Rivers States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
He said that the allocation of houses in these states will be done upon the completion of the housing units later in the year.
