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Fashola Urges States to Enact Laws on Monthly Rent Payment

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The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday advised state governments to enact laws to make mandatory monthly rent payment to make housing more available to Nigerian masses.

Fashola made the call at the 10th Meeting of the National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development in Ikeja, Lagos.

The theme of the meeting was ” Housing Development as a Catalyst for Job Creation , Social Inclusion and Economic Development,”

He said that it was difficult to remove inequality in any society or nations but commitment of governments could reduce the ratio.

“We may not be able to make all people homeowners, but we can reduce the number of those who lack shelter or live on the edge every so often when rent is falling due.

“I am sure that our country will be a much better place when three years rent in advance, two years rent in advance or one year rent in advance for middle class and working family residential homes becomes monthly rent, payable at the end of the month.

“Why we may not get there immediately, this is an area of immense exclusion that we can remedy by legislative action at state level.

“This is a matter in which the Federal Government has no legislative competence. It is a matter for the states, and I urge you not to turn your backs,” he said.

He said economic indicators showed that payment for a year or more in arrears affected affordability thereby increasing shelter gap, hence the need for legislation.

“All state legislators must see this as an important area of representation of their people to make life easier.

“So must governors and commissioners through executive bills,” Fashola said.

He also appealed to states to make processes of obtaining construction permit or planning approval documents less combersome to improve the nation’s ease of doing business rating.

“We in government must consciously improve on the bureaucracy around granting of construction permits or planning approval by taking steps to reduce the number of people involved, introducing some level of automation, such as online submission of applications and reducing the cost of approval.

“We must see revenue in a more broader sense, such as reduced income for planning approval, and increased income from consequential construction like income tax of employees on site, and a broader land use charge from more houses built,” he said.

Fashola enumerated the benefits of planning to infrastructure development to boost economic viability of the sports, tourism and other critical sectors of the nations economy.

He advised land managers and town planners to build new settlements taking advantage of federal government’s roads and rail networks to develop new economic opportunities in various sectors.

He also urged states to harness the opportunities in tittle documentation to boost their internally generated revenue while making more land more available to attract investments to their states.

He also called for introduction of technology in land matters and urged policy makers to take some lessons from the Lagos State Government performing excellently in land transaction materrs. (NAN)

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Buhari Felicitates Tinubu at Midterm, Calls for Nigerians’ continue support

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Former President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated his successor, President Bola Tinubu, on his midterm, calling for Nigerians’ continue support for his administration’s efforts to address poverty and inflation.

This is contained in a statement issued by Buhari’s former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday.

Buhari also called for steadfast support for the All Progressives Congress-led government as it marks its second year in office, saying reforms would achieve success gradually, not overnight.

He warned that necessary reforms and desired changes must not fall victim to mettlesome domestic politics.

According to him, as the party and the government celebrate, the country should be reminded that leadership is a continuous journey.

Buhari expressed support for the ongoing efforts by the Tinubu-led administration to curb poverty and inflation, which, he said, had hit the poorest families.

Seeking Nigerians’ support for Tinubu-led administration, he said that the task of reducing poverty and inflation mustn’t be left only for the government.

“The private sector and all of us, as citizens, must join in all ways we can,” he said.

The former president urged Nigerians to remain optimistic and stay confident about the country’s future, saying ‘our expectations from our governments should not get heavy’.

While expressing his heartfelt felicitation to Tinubu on his two years in office, Buhari prayed God to keep and grant him the wisdom and care to continue to lead the country. (NAN)

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President Tinubu Appoints Ex- Speaker, Enugu Assembly, Odo, as UNN Governing Council Member

 President Bola Tinubu has appointed the former speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Chief Eugene Odo, and Mr. Muhammad Tahir, as governing council members of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

The appointment comes as part of the President’s renewed efforts to reposition federal tertiary institutions for excellence and global competitiveness.

Odo served as a two time speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly between 2007 and 2015.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain also served under the previous administration of Muhammad Buhari as a governing board member of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.

Also appointed were the governing councils members of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) and Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka.

The appointments were contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, in Abuja.

Onanuga said President Tinubu charged the new council members to justify their appointments by ensuring that their respective universities move forward.(NAN)

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PDP NEC Gets Under Way in Abuja

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By Johnson Eyiangho, Abuja

All is set for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 99th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting today at the party’s Presidential Campaign Office, Legacy House, located in the Maitama District, Abuja. After a marathon meeting of the various organs of the PDP at the Bauchi State Governor’s Lodge, officials of the party have converged on Legacy House for the long awaited NEC meeting, which had been postponed for several times.

Security in and around the house has been beefed up with the deployment operatives from the Police, DSS and NSCDC.
Many prominent members of the party, including its 2023 Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, were absent from the marathon meeting.
The NEC, one of the highest decision-making organs of the PDP, comprises of Party National Chairman and other members of the National Working Committee (NWC), state governors, serving and former presidents, former vice-presidents, the chairman and secretary of the Board of Trustees (BoT), principal officers of the National Assembly, state chairpersons, former governors, and founding members, among others. The NEC meeting is expected to address critical issues affecting the party, including strategies for upcoming political engagements, leading to the 2027 general elections.On Monday, barely 24 hours to the much expected NEC meeting, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) keep to its threat and sealed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Secretariat, Wuse Zone 5 for failure to ground rent, a situation the party described as temporary set back.However, reprieve came to the PDP and others who had their properties sealed as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, intervened and gave them 14 days to pay their ground rent.

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