The Senate is working on a bill that will check the incessant increase in house rents in Abuja and other parts of Nigeria, the Senate Committee Chairman on Federal Capital Territory, Senator Dino Melaye, has said.
He
stated that the ‘Rent Edit’ bill would protect tenants and landlords even as he
promised that lawmakers would ensure the passage of the bill before the end of
the 8th Senate.
Melaye
disclosed this in a statement issued by the Director of Information at the
housing arm of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Mrs Eno Olotu,
in Abuja, on Wednesday.
According
to the statement, the senator, who spoke at the 2nd Abuja Housing and
Investment Expo, also stated that corruption had hindered development and
growth in the housing sector
Melaye
urged stakeholders to have a change of heart by putting the interest of the
people first.
He
said, “Not everybody can own a house. The Rent Edit Bill will help guide and
curb excessive rents in the Federal Capital Territory and the nation at large.”
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