The Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade has introduced a sustainable and affordable housing scheme for civil servants in the State.
This was disclosed by the Cross River State head of service Geraldine
Akpet-Ekanem in a meeting with all Directors/Heads of Administration in the Civil Service.
According to her, the meeting is to enable the State Government to gather the needed data for take-off; ascertain the number of people interested adding that this would determine the number of houses to be completed.
The head of Service commended the Governor for his commitment to the welfare of Civil Servants and urged Civil Servants to take advantage of the opportunity maintaining that “investments made while in Service are what make retirement worthwhile”.
Ekanem further disclosed that the housing scheme which would include: one bedroom, two bedrooms, three and four-bedroom flats are to be situated in Yala and Obudu for the Northern Senatorial District, Ikom and Yakurr for the Central Senatorial District, as well as Tinapa Road and Jonathan Bye- Pass for the Southern Senatorial District.
Interested Civil Servants are to obtain forms from the directors/heads of Administration in their various MDAs.
