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FG Commissions 116 Blocks Of FGSHLB Housing Estate In Gwagwalada

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2 years ago

June 21, 2024

The federal government has commissioned the Gwagwalada Housing Estate in Abuja, which was constructed under the Staff Housing Loans Board FGSHLB for Civil Servants in the country.

The Gwagwalada FGSHLB Housing Estate seats on 5 hectares and consists of 2-bedroom blocks of 116 housing units, is expected to be replicated across the country.

While speaking at the official commissioning of FGSHLB Gwagwalada on Friday in Abuja, the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF) Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan said the government of the day is leaving no stone unturned to ensure more Civil Servants becomes owners of their own house.

She expressed delight at the successful implementation of the project after its ground-breaking not quite long ago.

According to Yemi-Esan, the FISH project is one of the key programs of the 6 pillars of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan (2021 to 2025).

She added that the priority area of FCSSIP25 was devoted to enhancing the value proposition for civil servants, regarding their welfare.

She said the current house price with different income ratios among civil servants had made it difficult for some civil servants to purchase their own house in the nation’s capital, hence the need for government intervention programs.

“To tackle these challenges therefore, and with the objectives of delivering affordable houses for civil servants, the office of the HOCSF established a FISH program with the main objective of reducing the cost of housing for civil servants to the barest minimum.

“These houses and their keys will be delivered to those fortunate civil servants today and in the course of this event, there will be a symbolic presentation of keys to four officers who have been allocated houses in this estate, ” she said.

Despite multiple schemes implemented by various governments around the country, affordable housing remains elusive to the average Nigerian.

Because the situation is comparable to that of other developing nations, it remains a key concern in these countries’ socioeconomic development.

However, Dr. Yemi-Esan revealed that: another 8 hectares of land has been approved for the building of more this in the Jiwa Area of Abuja which will further ameliorate the housing deficit

In his remark, Mr Ibrahim Mairiga, Executive Secretary, of the Federal Government Staff Housing Loans Board (FGSHLB), who congratulated the beneficiaries, described the Estate structure as a model worth emulating because of the infrastructure within the premises.

Mairiga lauded the efforts of the head of the service who collaborated with his office for the successful implementation of the projects.

Meanwhile, Obina Martins a staff with the Ministry of Education one of the beneficiaries commended the gesture of the office of the HOCSF and the FGSHLB for creating such an opportunity for civil servants.

“As civil servants from the core ministries to become proud house owners in the FCT, indeed it is a thing of joy for such an opportunity, indeed we are grateful, ” he said.

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Musawa Seeks Broader Significance for June 12

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19 hours ago

October 3, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Esq., says June 12 must be remembered as a sacrifice that gave Nigerians democracy, beyond its status as a public holiday.

In a statement signed on Saturday by the Senior Assistant Media & Publicity to the Honourable Minister,Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy Dr Nneka Ikem Anibeze Ph.D in Abuja.

Musawa stated this at the national premiere of “MKO”, a film on Chief Moshood Abiola, held at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, Lagos, to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary.

She said 33 years after June 12, 1993, many young Nigerians know it only as a holiday, but the film turns it back into memory.

“For too many young Nigerians, June 12 is simply a public holiday. This film tells them that our democracy did not arrive by chance. It was fought for. It was defended. It was paid for. This documentary is in honour of the heroes of June 12, the men and women who gave their lives for the mandate of June 12, 1993 and for the democracy Nigeria enjoys today,” the Minister said.

Musawa hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Host, for his participation in the June 12 struggle and paying the price in exile, adding that Nigeria’s creative industry will keep telling the story of its democracy with courage.

“Through film and the creative economy, Nigeria will preserve its history. A nation that forgets its past loses its way to the future. Nigeria has a story and our story deserves to be told,” she said.

Earlier, the director of the investigative documentary, Ose Oyamendan, said the film was in honour and memory of heroes who fought for Nigeria’s democracy.

“There was Hope ’93 and now there is Renewed Hope. There was a man who sacrificed his life so we may have democracy and there is a man who almost lost his life fighting for democracy who is now helping build a lasting democracy.

“There was a great man called Bashorun MKO Abiola and there is now another great man called Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Democrats. Nationalists. Nation builders. Leaders of men and women. We must never forget our story. We must always honour and remember our heroes,” Oyamendan said.

Top government officials including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the wife of the President Senator Oluremi Tinubu; Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Chief of Staff to the President Rt. Femi Gbajabiamila, state Governors, members of the National Assembly, Ministers and other distinguished dignitaries attended the premiere.

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