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Nigeria housing sector reform continues

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In mid‑July 2026 Nigeria’s Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Engr. Muttaqha Rabe Darma, announced unveiled a new policy framework to regulate the built‑environment industry. The proposal, to be discussed with professional bodies such as COREN and presented to the Federal Executive Council, aimed to curb building collapses, eliminate unqualified practitioners, improve code compliance practitioners and create a unified regulatory structure. A week later, at At the Abuja Real Estate Conference, industry leaders warned that fragmented measures would not solve Conference the country’s chronic housing deficit. The federal government responded with a detailed an overhaul that includes mandatory would make developer licensing for property developers, regulated mandatory, introduce escrow accounts for home‑buyer funds, set construction‑quality standards, require professional registration, registration and launch a National Housing Industry Data Observatory. The plan also seeks to expand promised expanded mortgage financing, raising higher loan ceilings and targeting a target of at least 2,000 new mortgages annually. On 23 July, conference participants reiterated the need Industry leaders and professional bodies called for a unified single framework that couples links policy, finance, governance and professional expertise. They called for expertise, stressing stronger property‑rights enforcement, transparent land administration and reliable market data to attract large‑scale domestic and foreign investment. The government’s proposal was reaffirmed, emphasizing licensing, escrow, quality standards, professional registration and the data observatory, alongside the mortgage‑finance boost. A week later, data. REDAN president Oba Akintoye Adeoye repeatedly urged stricter regulation to curb building stop collapses and protect consumers. consumers, while Minister Darma highlighted the sector’s contribution of over N77 trillion to the economy in 2025 and warned of fraudulent transactions fraud and weak enforcement. He cited Dubai‑style escrow On 30 July, at a stakeholders’ validation workshop, Adeoye emphasized that weak enforcement fuels structural failures and developer licensing pointed to the newly validated National Housing Data Programme as models, a basis for evidence‑based planning. Darma reiterated the economic importance, noting that real‑estate services alone account for N41 trillion (13.4 % of GDP), and advocated Dubai‑style escrow and licensing. At a National Housing Data Programme workshop on 2 August, Adeoye proposed a shared regulatory model in which the federal ministry licenses developers while REDAN oversees professionalism, and called for a National Developers’ Registry and continued state responsibility for land administration. Both officials said the reforms will soon be submitted to the Federal Executive Council for approval. approval, aiming to boost accountability, consumer protection and housing delivery nationwide.

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