Housing Ministry sets to introduces monitoring, review mechanism on housing council resolutions

By Mashe Umaru Gwamna

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development is set to introduce a mid term monitoring and review mechanism that will ensure effective implementation of resolutions of the meeting of National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development being organised by the Ministry, annually.
This was contained in a statement signed and issued by
Director (Press and Public Relations), Salisu Badamasi Haiba.
It said Permanent Secretary, Dr Marcus Ogunbiyi stated this in his remarks during the meeting of the body of Permanent Secretaries at the ongoing 13th meeting of the Council in Gombe state.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development is the Chairman of the body of Permanent Secretaries in the Council, and its resolutions will be presented to the ministerial body of states commissioners for deliberations and adoption.
Ogunbiyi explained, that the Ministry is setting up measures to ensure comprehensive compliance with Council resolutions by all stakeholders in the housing sector, in order to advance the nation’s housing agenda.
The theme for the 13th (2024) meeting is “Housing the Future: Affordable Housing for Economic Growth, Climate Resilience and Urban Development”.
“ Concerned with the non-implementation of Council resolutions over the years, the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development sponsored a memo this year to seek the approval of Council for the mid-term monitoring of the implementation of Council resolutions. I am happy to inform you that the Technical Session held yesterday accepted the prayers and this will be presented to the body of Permanent Secretaries today”, he stated.
He reminded the Permanent Secretaries that the meeting serves as a powerful reminder on collective responsibility to advance the development of the Housing and Urban Development sector in Nigeria.