Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has appointed Akinwale Ojo, a graduate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Programme at the University of Reading, United Kingdom, as general manager of Ogun State Housing Corporation.
Ojo, who had undergone several academic and professional trainings in surveying, town and regional planning, estate management both in Nigeria and United Kingdom, was appointed General Manager of the State-owned Housing Corporation, having spent over two decades as a career staff member of the Corporation, starting from Estate Surveyor Grade II.
Governor Abiodun announced the appointment of Ojo, a Doctoral candidate in Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Management at the University of Salford, United Kingdom in company of Yemi Sanusi as the Chairman; Abidemi Alimi, Adeniyi Edun, Adebayo, Aladejobi, Ademola Balogun, Omitaomu Ekundayo and Olumide Soyemi, all as members of the State-owned Housing Corporation Board.
Speaking on the appointment in Abeokuta on Friday, Akinwale Ojo noted that the appointment is a clarion call to him and all other members of the Board and Staff to work more and help Governor Abiodun-led administration to bridge housing deficits in the state through the provision of massive and affordable housing units for residents of the state.
He said although, Governor Abiodun had already delivered hundreds of housing units, covering two- and three-bed room apartments at the newly-commissioned Prince Court in Abeokuta, government is working towards the construction of 1,000 housing units in the medium term across the three Senatorial districts of the state.
“We are following the policy of Prince Dapo Abiodun MFR, Executive Governor of Ogun State. The policy of the current government is to take staff welfare very serious and a priority. I am going to consider that. I have been involved in the system and now that I involve in policy formulation and implementation, we shall serve welfare of our workers and offer affordable housing for our people.
“We know that housing facility is costly these days but Governor Dapo Abiodun has challenged us to devise means to provide affordable housing for all. The encumbrance in form of accessibility to land will be reduced and people will have access to land and housing units will be affordable to all and sundry.
“We also explore public private partnership option because we believe government cannot do it all, therefore, a window has been established by this government, there is one-shop-stop that has been opened already, PPP is something we are looking at, we have been having people around to discuss that and I think within a couple of months, we will begin to see development in that regard,” he said.
