The Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) on Tuesday partnered with the Federal Mortgage Bank to launch the Diaspora housing scheme.
This was made known during a courtesy visit by NiDCOM chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, to FMBN’s Managing Director, Madu Hamman, in his office in Abuja.
Ms Dabiri-Erewa announced that NiDCOM had reached its final preparatory stage of the housing scheme programme for Nigerians in the diaspora to benefit from.
She added that the partnership with FMBN would help cut off middlemen that would pose a challenge to Nigerians in the diaspora that wish to own homes in the country.
Also, she said that the housing scheme would be beneficiary for Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora.
She pointed out that Nigerians in the diaspora were rated the highest in remittances to their home country, adding that no country could stand alone without its diaspora.
“We have created the housing scheme platform where we now have about 1,700…
