The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has called on state governments, housing institutions, Development Finance Institutions and other stakeholders in the built environment to actively participate in and support the National Homeownership and Housing Development Campaign.
The minister made the appeal in a statement issued by the ministry on Sunday, noting that the campaign is scheduled to commence on March 4 and 5, 2026, in Katsina State.
Dangiwa spoke while delivering a thematic address on Day Four of the 14th National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development, ongoing in Ilorin, Kwara State.
He described the campaign as the ministry’s commitment to lead “a unified and coordinated approach to subnational housing development, working closely with state governments to ensure that federal programmes, reforms, finance opportunities and private capital are translated into real, visible and deliverable projects at the state level.”
“I want to use this platform to call on all stakeholders—governors, commissioners, permanent secretaries, housing institutions, developers, financiers and professionals—to actively support and participate in this campaign, which will be flagged off in Katsina State from March 4 to 5, 2026,” Dangiwa said.
He urged stakeholders to view the initiative as a collective effort to promote sustainable homeownership across the federation.
The campaign, organised by Know This Nigeria Network in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, aims to link federal housing reforms, policies and interventions with implementation at state level.
It will include two main components—Regional Executive Sessions and Public Homeownership Seminars—to strengthen connections between Federal Housing Institutions, Development Finance Institutions and state governments.
Dangiwa explained that the initiative supports the ministry’s newly launched Unified Housing Delivery Framework, which promotes deeper collaboration between federal and state governments to deliver housing at scale and develop sustainable cities nationwide.
“Our new direction is to ensure that the ministry and all Federal Housing Institutions function as one government, delivering results that directly support state and local implementation efforts. This is to ensure that we operate not in silos, but as one coherent national housing delivery system working in direct support of state-level delivery,” he stated.
The National Coordinator of the campaign, QS Muhammed Baba Adamu, revealed during his presentation at the council that Katsina State will host the North-West edition as the inaugural event of the nationwide programme.
He said a coordinated National Homeownership and Urban Development Campaign offers a practical structure for synergy among the ministry, Federal Housing Institutions, Development Finance Institutions and state governments.
“It provides clear and consistent platforms for awareness and engagement, and enables sustained interaction beyond one-off meetings or political cycles,” Adamu said.
He further stated that the campaign will enhance states’ capacity to attract, absorb and deploy housing capital more effectively.
“A central innovation of the campaign is the encouragement of states to establish State Housing Reform Offices. These offices will provide expert-level advisory and technical capacity within state governments, enabling them to convert opportunities into bankable and deliverable projects,” he noted.
The 14th National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development is the sector’s highest policy and decision-making body, convening key players in the housing and urban development ecosystem.
Nigeria currently has one of Africa’s largest housing deficits, with millions of citizens lacking access to safe and affordable homes. Data from the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development show that about 15.2 million housing units are structurally inadequate, underscoring the need for urban renewal and infrastructure upgrades beyond new construction alone.
Homeownership remains hindered by cumbersome land administration, limited financing options and low awareness of federal housing programmes, which make land titles hard to secure and mortgages largely inaccessible.
Under the Renewed Hope Agenda, the Federal Government has introduced reforms, including public-private partnerships and institutional restructuring, to bolster housing finance and delivery, moving toward a private-sector-led approach to bridge the housing gap.
