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FHA Must Refund My Housing Fund Deposit Nowoyin_k@yahoo.comI would be happy if the Independent Advocate could please come to my rescue by contacting the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Abuja, to please send my refund to me the way it has been sending others. I discovered this January this year. Ever since, I have been patient to hear from the Authority if I will also be refunded but to my utter disappointment, I am yet to hear from the FHA. I am one of the subscribers to the National Housing Fund (NHF)over the years, and I have also written an application to the Authority to please refund my deposit because the bank where I borrowed the money has been troubling me. Unfortunately, there was no reply from the Authority until I struggled to pay up the loan with interest without achieving my aim of borrowing the money. In July last year, I was told the FHA has started refunding deposits to subscribers of the NHF, I heaved a sigh of relief along with my friend who also had his money trapped with there, but today, the reverse is the case. My friend had been refunded since August last year without receiving a cheque of my own. I would be happy if the Independent Advocate could please come to my rescue and find out from the FHA why my letter of refund written the same time my friend wrote his was not treated along with the others. Mr. Kingsley Amahedi kingsama 2004 @ yahoo.com 66, Omolayole Road, Magodo II, Lagos. At first when the Independent Advocate visited the Federal Housing Authority Headquarters in Abuja, the Spokesman to the Authority, Mr. Tunde Ipinmisho, told the Independent Advocate that a total of 109 beneficiaries were listed in the first batch and the release of their cheques began on Wednesday, July 4, 2007. According to Ipinmisho, who produced the FHA's House Journal named Transformation Affairs (An FHA Fortnightly Publication)revealed further that a total of N4.1 million had been earmarked for payment to the subscribers in the first batch. The outcome of the second batch could not be commented on because all efforts to speak with Ipinmisho failed. It was however revealed that those being slated for refund were depositors who had earlier indicated their willingness to withdraw from the programme and had submitted written applications for the refund of their deposits. As for the other subscribers who were yet to get their refunds, (just like this complainant), it was revealed that work had commenced on the compilation of the second batch which was expected to accommodate a large number of those who deposited N20, 000 into the programme. However, if only the complainant had stated how much money he paid to the Authority, it would have been very easy to dictate if he was one of the subscribers already refunded by the Authority. The complainant was advised to make his case more explicit to enable a thorough investigation.
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