By Mashe Umaru Gwamna
The Federal Government of Nigeria has commended the European Union-funded Sustainable Integrated Development Program for Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria (SIDPIN).
The government praised it for delivering durable housing solutions, strengthening community integration, and improving living conditions for displaced persons and host communities.
A statement signed and issued by Director Press and Public Relations Badamasi S. Haiba,
said the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa made this commendation in a meeting with a delegation from the UN-Habitat, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.
While acknowledging the UN-Habitat’s ongoing support through SIDPIN in Adamawa, Kano, and Borno states, he emphasized their alignment with the Ministry’s priority of rebuilding livelihoods and strengthening social cohesion in post-conflict areas.
Dangiwa also recognized the program’s support in reviewing the National Urban Development Policy, alongside its
contribution to planning reform, and the offer of a consultant for the National Land Registration Documentation and Titling Programme (Land4Growth), urban renewal initiatives, and slum upgrading program’s.
“These interventions are vital as Nigeria confronts rapid urbanisation that demands coordinated planning, sustainable infrastructure, and climate-responsive development”.
