{"id":118173,"date":"2025-05-01T19:14:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=118173"},"modified":"2025-05-01T19:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:14:56","slug":"federal-housing-ministry-niwa-set-unified-shoreline-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/federal-housing-ministry-niwa-set-unified-shoreline-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Housing Ministry, NIWA Set Unified Shoreline Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Daniel Adaji<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (FMHUD) and the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) have agreed to establish a unified procedure for licensing shoreline developments in Lagos.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At a high-level meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday, both agencies resolved to harmonise their operations through a joint technical committee. The committee will define standard processes, clarify roles, and eliminate regulatory overlaps.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa said, \u201cOur operations intersect and are connected. We must act together to bring order by ensuring that our actions follow a clear regulatory framework that respects both the law and our respective institutional mandates.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The committee will include representatives from FMHUD, NIWA, and other key stakeholders. It is tasked with recommending sustainable guidelines, enabling data sharing, and ensuring enforceable development controls along the Lagos shoreline.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">FMHUD, under the Land (Title Vesting, etc.) Act of 1975 and the Land Use Act, manages land titles on federal shorelines and drives national urban policy. NIWA, by virtue of the NIWA Act of 2004, regulates inland waterways, including dredging, ferry operations, and water-based infrastructure on federal waterways like the Lagos Lagoon.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Lagos State Government also plays a key role in physical planning and building permits within its jurisdiction, as empowered by the 1999 Constitution.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NIWA Managing Director, Mr. Bola Oyebamiji, hailed the initiative as \u201ca significant step toward resolving longstanding institutional overlaps.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNIWA is committed to working with the Ministry and other stakeholders to ensure that shoreline developments are safe, lawful, and environmentally responsible,\u201d Oyebamiji said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting reinforces inter-agency collaboration in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda for sustainable urban development.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Adaji The Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (FMHUD) and the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) have agreed to establish a unified procedure for licensing shoreline developments in&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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