As part of iconic celebration of 100 days in office of Dapo Abiodun as Governor of Ogun state scheduled for September this year, the Ogun state government is putting up arrangement to construct low-cost housing for public and civil servants as well as interested residents in all the three senatorial districts of then state.
Consequently, the State government is signing an agreement with the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) and National Housing Fund (NHF), seeking a flexible finance in form of mortgage for easy and unhindered access to own a house.
Speaking during a familiarization tour of the State Ministry of Housing, the newly appointed Special Adviser to Governor on Housing, Jamiu Akande Omoniyi, said that the new government had identified housing as essential element in human’s needs as the administration will make ground breaking for mass housing in the three senatorial districts of the state to mark 100 days in office.
Omoniyi noted that the proposed mass and low cost housing meant to be built for civil and public servants as well as residents would not only engage jobless hands in the state but would also boost the state’s economy through remittances of taxes and fees hitherto being paid to neighbouring states back to Ogun state’s coffers.
He said, “His Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun has plan for mass housing for the citizens, we are planning to develop it within the three senatorial districts of the State, I can assure you that”.
The Special Adviser on Housing stated that government would partner private developers to attract investment towards housing sector, adding that it also tends to collaborate with stakeholders such as the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FBMN) and National Housing Fund (NHF) in order to get the job done and deliver affordable housing to the citizens at the record time.
Responding, the Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Housing, Olayiwola Abiodun lauded Governor Dapo Abiodun for appointing Jamiu Omoniyi as Special Adviser on Housing, saying the governor has put a round peg in a round hole, just as he assured that the Ministry would not relent in it efforts to support the lofty goals set by the present administration.
Abiodun however, charged management and staff of the State Ministry to brace up and discharge duties accordingly as the dedicated roles of civil servants are essential to the development of housing scheme and socio-economic growth and development generally.
