Reall’s Nigerian Partner, The Millard Fuller Foundation led a courtesy call meeting to the Minister of Housing & Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Dangiwa on Thursday, 7th December 2023.
Present at the meeting were Reall’s Amos Mthembo & Ola Durodoju; MFF’s Sam Odia (CEO), Funmi Odia (ED Projects), Jonathan Matthias (Asst. Project Manager), John Olugbemi (Asst. Marketing Manager); other representatives of the Housing Ministry include Shehu Osidi (Minister’s Chief of Staff), Mark Chieshe ( Special Assistant Media), Arc. Abimbola Asein (Head of Public Private Partnerships Unit) and others.
Mr. Odia congratulated the Minister on his recent appointment and expressed the huge expectation that the nation has as a result of his sterling performance as the MD of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN). He reiterated his organisation’s ability to deliver truly affordable housing in the recent past through the support of their UK partner Reall and expressed optimism that together, both organisations could support the Ministry’s housing agenda.
Mr. Mthembo provided a summary of Reall’s involvement in the Nigerian housing space and expressed a desire to be able to continue the good work with the Government’s support in the area of offtake funding.
Following a question and answer session between various parties, the Minister ended by summarising his vision for providing truly affordable housing to Nigerians through vital partnerships with organisations like MFF and Reall whose visions aligns largely with that of his Ministry. He committed to a partnership with MFF beginning with a visit to MFF’s site. Government, he said could commit to providing infrastructure where Reall would provide project funding for Affordable housing projects.
