More than 1,000 applicants have responded to the Ministry of Works and Housing’s (FMWH) portal recently opened for subscription to the Federal Government’s National Housing Programme.
This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Director of Press and Publicity, FMWH, Mrs Boade Akinola.
It said that following dedicated attention to the processing of the applications by the Web Management Team, the Ministry had advised applicants to ensure strict compliance to the requirements by uploading complete and only valid documents on the portal.
The statement was also in response to complaints by subscribers having difficulty in applying.
“The ministry has re-emphasised the requirements for the online registration for the prospective applicants to be valid and successful as: passport photograph, current certified Tax Clearance/Payment Slip.
Also required are means of identification such as current National I.D, Drivers licences, International passport and Voter Card as well as letter of first appointment and Gazette of confirmation of appointment (for Public Servants).
The Ministry explained why some applications were not successful to include: not having current Tax Clearance Certificate, evidence of Tax Clearance, no Pay Slip, non-submission of Memorandum of Acceptance (MOA).
It gave other readons as incomplete or inconsistent documents and not having valid means of Identification or submission of expired one.
The Ministry assured that all prospective applicants who complied with all the registration requirements would have a hitch free subscription and successful applicants for the homes would be notified via the e-mail addresses they supplied.
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“Alternatively, applicants can log in to their profile to check the status of their application.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the ministry had launched an online Web-Portal: https://nhp.worksandhousing,gov.ng for the sales of the completed houses across some states of the federation and the online sales was on-going.
The National Housing Programme (NHP) is a Federal Government of Nigeria’s development agenda for addressing Housing needs.
The programme began in 2016 in 34 States and the FCT.
Following an approval by the Federal Executive Council, the completed housing units all over the country are to be sold to low and medium income groups through mortgage and Rent-to-Own subscription windows
NAN reports that with the unveiling of the portal, Nigerians could now apply for the houses in the 34 states and FCT by paying a non-refundable application fee of N10, 000.00 only through Remita.
Thereafter, a pin would be generated for the applicant access to the portal to complete the application process.
The breakdown of the status update as recorded on the web-portal platforms as at Thursday, shows that of the total of 10,543 applicants, 10,206 applications are pending, 238 applications were successfully submitted and 115 applications were approved.
Niigerians are therefore advised to strictly comply with the stipulated requirements for easy processing and approval of applications, the statement added.
