Speaking at the event, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF) recalled that the FISH programme was conceptualised as a vehicle to address housing scarcity faced by civil servants in the country.

“A good number of us will recall that the FISH programme was conceptualised to address housing deficits civil servants are faced with, a consequence of the implementation of the monetisation policy which led to the sale of government residential quarters across the country.

“When these sales were being done, some civil servants had the opportunity to get houses but the majority of civil servants were left out,” she said.

According to her, the government made efforts to effectively drive the FISH initiative from its inception, in spite of the number of constraints that impeded its rapid implementation.