Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Nigeria’s Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has called on global investors and real estate developers to partner with the country to expand housing delivery under the Renewed Hope Housing Programme.
Dangiwa made the appeal during a high-level panel session at the 2026 Saudi Real Estate Forum (RFF 2026), highlighting Nigeria’s housing market as one of the largest and most immediate demand opportunities in Africa. The statement was issued by the Minister’s spokesperson, Badamasi Haiba, Director for Press and Public Relations.
The minister explained that Nigeria’s housing strategy under the Renewed Hope Agenda is guided by a clear affordability benchmark. The programme adopts an income-based framework, ensuring housing products are aligned with citizens’ actual earnings.
Assuring potential investors of government support, Dangiwa emphasized that the public sector’s role is to de-risk housing delivery by addressing challenges that only the government can resolve, including land readiness, provision of supporting infrastructure, and improvements to approvals and delivery processes that reduce costs and shorten timelines.