Bayelsa Government on Friday reiterated its resolve to build adequate housing estates to reduce the housing deficit being suffered by middle class and low-income earners in the state.
Gov. Seriake Dickson’s Special Adviser on Housing, Blesson Akpuluma, stated this after a tour with newsmen of Ayama and Okaka residential low-cost housing estates under construction in Yenagoa.
The Ayama housing estate in Ogbia Local Government Area is built through direct labour comprises 150 housing units of one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom flats.
The Okaka housing estate is executed through contract comprises 16 units of 12 flats each.
Akpuluma said the recent partnership between the government and the Bank of Industry (BoI) to build 360 housing units worth N3billion was a demonstration of the Dickson-led administration’s desire to provide affordable housing.
He explained that under the partnership, the government would contribute N1billion as counterpart fund to access the BoI’s N2billion facility for the housing project.
Out of the 360 housing units, 110 duplexes would be built in choice areas while 250 bungalows are to be located in high density areas.
The governor’s aide expressed the optimism that the administration would meet the housing needs of the people in no distant time.
Akpuluma noted that the housing estates when completed would also enhance the aesthetics of the state capital and its environs.
He, therefore, called on the people to support government’s effort at providing affordable low-cost housing units and also protect housing projects located in their areas.
