The Vice President, Prof. Yemi
Osinbajo has said that the Federal Government is working with stakeholders to
raise one trillion naira to provide affordable housing for Nigerians.
Osinbajo disclosed this
statement while speaking at the 22nd Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on
Tuesday where he chaired a Roundtable on Job Creation, Skills and Employment at
the summit.
He said that the proposed
project would also help to create jobs.
Osinbajo said that the job
creation unit in his office had worked out a framework with the Nigerian
Economic Summit Group to focus on three sectors to create employment.
He listed the three sectors as construction, agriculture and
information communication technology.
Under construction, the vice-president said the Federal
Government was trying to work on a social housing programme, called the Family
Home Fund.
He said, “The Family Home Fund is a financial intervention into
social housing in the country.
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