Governor of Rivers state, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, says the state will fully support the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He disclosed this on Wednesday, 10th April, 2024 when the Managing Director and Chief Executive of Federal Housing Authority, Hon. Oyetunde Oladimeji Ojo paid him a visit in continuation of the agency’s consultation with State Governors towards the Renewed Hope Agenda programme of President Tinubu.
Hon. Ojo, in his address to the governor, commended him for the great sense of focus he has displayed in governance within the short period he assumed office.
The FHA Chief Executive listed out the Governor’s infrastructural development, timely payment of pensioners, and enhanced security in the state, among other things, as the areas he has made instant marks in the state.
The MD informed Governor Fubara that the main reason for the visit was to bring Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda message on Housing to Rivers, which is all about providing affordable houses to Nigerians, pointed out that the state is the thirteenth he is visiting with his team in under one month.
Hon. Ojo reiterated Tinubu’s determination not only to tackle the nation’s housing deficit, but giving Nigerians affordable and livable houses.
According to him, “We bring you Mr President’s mandate of Renewed Hope, which is affordable housing. Right now, in Nigeria, we lack adequate shelter, which is why the President has chosen us to help tackle the issue.”
The FHA boss pointed out the strategic importance of Rivers with its peculiar terrain to the economic life of the country and noted the need for affordable houses in the state for the good of the citizens.
Hon. Ojo explained to the Governor the new developmental inclusiveness policy of the FHA, where the Authority consults with the State Governments for inputs in designs before any project is sited. He said that the Authority would does not wish to stay in Abuja and design what they like for the people of Rivers.
“One of the reasons why we are here today is to solicit for land. We do not want you to just give us land. We want, like I said, to sit with your management team to come up with the right designs that will be tailored towards what the Rivers people need,” he said.
Hon. Ojo also informed the Governor of the Authority’s Diaspora City initiative, where a certain percentage of the land given for projects would be dedicated to building for our diasporians and other privileged Nigerians.
This, he said, would benefit people in diaspora, some of whom have fallen into the hands of fraudsters in their quest to have befitting accommodation back home.
