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From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja
The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has commissioned what is now considered the tallest mall in Nigeria, a key N8 billion project in the heart of Abuja, projected to create employment for over 500,000 people.
At the commissioning ceremony yesterday, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, emphasised the government’s commitment to housing as a top priority, noting that President established the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to ensure Nigerians have access to adequate housing.
“Housing remains a top priority of this government. To buttress this, President Tinubu created the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development purposely to tackle the issue of housing Nigerians adequately. The government has also provided enough windows for Nigerians to benefit from its housing initiative. We are pleased with what the management of FHA has started doing, especially by travelling through the length and breadth of the country in search of land to build for our people,” he said.
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Describing the mall, Akume said, “The structure is a four-suspended-floor edifice, comprising 59 shopping spaces and a penthouse, serviced with all modern amenities for the comfort of the users. Our mandate is embedded not only in provision of affordable and livable houses for Nigerians but also in facilities such as this.”
In his remarks, the FHA Managing Director, Oyetunji Ojo, said the mall’s design allows it to accommodate over 500,000 people. “Just like this edifice which was conceived and developed from our site office here in Gwarinpa, we also constructed another complex in Lugbe to provide a more conducive working environment for our staff,” he noted.
Ojo emphasised that the project, inherited from his predecessor, was completed to ensure that public contributions were not wasted. “We have completed and commissioned many inherited projects, including 100 housing units in Ajoda Ibadan, Express View Estate in Lugbe, a 1.3-kilometer road in Guzape, and the FHA Mortgage Bank corporate head office in Gwarinpa.
We are also working to complete 350 housing units at FHA Estate, Bwari, within this first quarter of 2026,” he added.
