FISH-P
Federal Integrated Staff Housing (FISH) Programme
ABOUT FISH-P
In pursuit of the Federal Government’s desire to improve the welfare and morale of federal civil servants and in particular their housing needs, the Head of Civil Service of the Federation initiated the Federal Integrated Staff Housing (FISH) Programme and inaugurated an inter-ministerial implementation committee in December 2015.
FISH programme was designed to provide affordable housing for federal civil servants through an integrated strategy involving group land acquisition, site services, infrastructure development, inter-ministerial collaboration, utilization of expertise among civil servants, support from federal and state governments, federal agencies and parastatal, structured and syndicated construction and mortgage financing, goodwill of socially responsible corporations and philanthropists, and strategic partnerships with private developers, international development agencies and multilateral institutions.
The inter-ministerial FISH Implementation Committee set up by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation concluded arrangements for the ground-breaking ceremony of the Federal Civil Servants’ Housing Estate of 1000 units low cost houses of different categories at Apo Extension, Abuja in partnership with ABSI and Lafarge.
Similar projects are also being planned for other locations in Abuja and all the states of the federation. Requests for land allocation has been forwarded to the Federal Capital Territory and the 36 states of the federation.
FISH programme has also received the support of President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR and the Vice President, Executive Governors, Honourable Ministers, federal government agencies, socially responsible corporations and philanthropies, bilateral and multilateral institutions. A lot of support is still required to be able to deliver affordable housing to the generality of civil servants. Support in terms of intervention fund, construction and mortgage finance at single digit interest rate is very paramount to the success of this programme.
CEAGIS Properties Limited in its quest to meeting the shelter needs of Nigerians, has partnered the Head of Service of the Federation to deliver qualitative and affordable houses to Nigerians through planned collaboration in the overall common good.
