The Federal Government has unveiled plans to establish a National Housing Finance Authority (NHFA) as part of a broad reform programme designed to improve access to affordable housing finance across Nigeria. The proposal was announced on Tuesday by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Muttaqha Darma, during a stakeholders' validation workshop held in Abuja. According to the minister, the proposed authority will be created under a new National Mortgage Industry Policy aimed at improving mortgage accessibility, repositioning the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) and broadening participation in the National...