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For the many Lagos residents desiring to own their own homes opportunity is beckoning on such people as the state government strives to complete and deliver the first phase of Ilubrin Foreshore housing scheme in the next 24 months, precisely in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021).
Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, the state’s commissioner for housing, who disclosed government’s efforts at a meeting with the representatives of First Investment Property Company (FIDC), debunked speculations that the housing scheme had been abandoned.
“The Ilubirin Scheme has not been set aside, we are working on it. We have a solid plan to deliver the first phase of the scheme not later than the third quarter of 2021,” he said.
Continuing, he said, “as part of our commitment to ensure that more Lagosians became homeowners, the state government is determined to complete the first phase of the on-going Ilubirin Foreshore Housing Estate project in Lagos Island Local Government Area of the State.”
The commissioner said the project which was presently a public-private collaboration endeavour would be reviewed in its entirety so as to actualize the vision of the upscale and captivating mixed use development befitting of its strategic location along the lagoon.
According to the commissioner, the plan of the present administration to create liveable cities and regenerate existing ones would be fully incorporated in the review process so as to inject new life in the neighbouring communities.
“However, the process of re-examination will be accelerated because the need to close the housing deficit gap is quite urgent, he said, assuring that the present administration was committed to completing all abandoned housing estates in the state in accordance with global specifications.
“We are here to set new bars in housing development. We intend to do that through setting good examples with our own estates,” He said.
He added that the state was determined to complete the Ilubirin Foreshore Housing Scheme and other ongoing housing projects so as to make more Lagosians homeowners irrespective of their ethnicity or political leaning.
Earlier, Wale Bamgbelu of FIDC said the master plan for the scheme was based on a world class housing estate scheme anchored on the live, work and play pattern, having not only residential facilities but also other facilities of global standard including cinema halls and shopping arcades.
Ilubirin Estate is a public foreshore housing project initiated in 2014 and being developed on reclaimed land in Ikoyi Island, Lagos at the base of the Third Mainland Bridge.
The project is facing the Lagos Lagoon waterfront on Lagos Island. The scheme will deliver 472 housing units comprising blocks of 2 and 3-bedroom flats, terraces and penthouses plus commercial units and recreational facilities.
CHUKA UROKO
