FMBN Partners Labour Unions On Housing

The Federal Mortgage
Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) is collaborating with the three major labour unions to ensure that their members benefit from the 3.5 million houses to be provided for workers nationwide.
Head, Corporate Affairs, FMBN, Mr Dauda Yusuf,  said in Abuja that the bank is collaborating with the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLG) Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA).
Already, he said, some housing projects have been embarked upon by the FMBN.
These, he said include: the 400 housing units in Kofare, Yola; 170 in Lagos, 250 units in Illorin and 400 units in Akure.
He said another 201 housing units are being constructed in Benin and 216 in Ibadan.
Yusuf said the bank’s housing project in most state capitals are ongoing and would be allocated to interested Nigerians, when completed.
He called on members of the unions who are not contributors to the National Housing Funds (NHF), to do so for their own benefits.
According to him, the NHF mortgage loans are granted to workers on a fixed interest rate of six per cent.
Yusuf said beneficiaries of the housing loan had a repayment period of up to 30 years.
He however said the repayment years were determined by the number of years the beneficiary had to attain before retirement.
According to him beneficiaries can apply for as much as N15 million loan to build or buy a house.