30,000 civil servants own houses Loans Board
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we have over hundreds of thousands number of civil servants that come under our purview they are so many she stressed1 dr hannatu fika the executive secretary federal government staff housing loans board fgshlb said that the board had helped over 30000 workers to access loans to own houses1 she said that public servants were the engine room of good governance adding that one way the government could encourage workers was to provide them with shelters1 she said it was for this reason that the current administration had used fgshlb to enable federal government workers to build houses1 fika disclosed that the board had helped over 30000 workers access loans to own houses and reaffirmed the commitment of the board to the welfare of public servants1 this is a change era the good thing any government can do for its workers is to provide certain basic welfare needs so that they too can work effectively diligently and willingly for the country1 until 1974 the programme was only situated in the lagos territory but was expanded to all the states of the federation1 so as of today from the statistics of loans that we recently disbursed we can proudly say that we have touched the lives of over 30000 federal public servants who now own their own homes through the fglshb revolving scheme she said1 fika said the housing deficit in the country might persist if the relevant agencies lacked the resources to operate1 we will continue to pressurise government to make fund available for housing programmes1 fika made this known in an interview with the news agency of nigeria nan on monday in abuja1 she however said as long as funds are not there we have to utilise what is in the mortgage agency to be able to build these houses1 fika lauded the efforts of the present administration in providing houses for nigerians especially through the federal ministry of power works and housings projects in all the states1 according to her amendment to the act establishing the board is long overdue1 let me begin by saying this is a change era and the art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings. progress is impossible without change therefore change is inevitable1 the last amendment was in 1974 about 44years without sentiment there are provisions that are obsolete like section 3 1h of cap f.ii.lfn 2004 no longer exist in service she said1 she disclosed that some critical areas like area of partnerships required a law for sustainability appropriate designation of officers of the board offences1 according to her to participate in partnership for the affordability and availability of housing for eligible public servants the board signed memorandum of understanding mou with both government and private organisations1 she said that this was in an effort to look outside the box in order to address the housing need of teeming population of federal staff1 nan recalls that the board has disbursed over one billion naira as renovation loan to 2000 civil servants across the country1 the renovation loan was being managed by the loans board on behalf of the federal mortgage bank of nigeria as agreed in a memorandum of understanding signed in 2015 by the two agencies1