Ogun plans N2bn workers’ housing scheme
The Ogun State Government, through its housing corporation, is collaborating with Shelter Afrique to build a N2bn housing estate for the workers.
Shelter Afrique, which has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, has a regional office in Abuja, and is owned by 44 African countries and the African Development Bank. It is a commercial institution that works with banks and other specialised financial intermediaries to promote home building and ownership.
The state government said in a statement that it had concluded plans to provide a housing estate, which would be located at Kemta, Idi-Aba area of Abeokuta, and would be for the civil servants who were contributing to the National Housing Fund.
The General Manager, Ogun State Housing Corporation, Mrs. Jumoke Akinwunmi, was quoted to have made this known during a meeting with the Resident Regional Representative of Shelter Afrique, Mr. Oumar Diop, at the Plainfiled Estate, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
Diop was quoted as saying that Shelter Afrique was willing and committed to making available the sum of N2bn to realise the project aimed at providing affordable shelter for workers who had not benefited from previous government housing schemes in the state.
He said the project would avail the workers the opportunity to have their own houses, adding that the gesture would in-turn boost their productivity.
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