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Ogun State government has begun the construction of mass housing estates in Abeokuta and other parts of the state to provide decent houses to the people at affordable prices.
Speaking at the Thanksgiving and Praise Worship in honour of his victory at the Governorship Election Tribunal, held at June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, Dapo Abiodun, governor of the state, noted that the housing project was embarked upon to address the housing deficit in the state.
According to Abiodun, the cost of a unit of the low-cost houses will not be more than N4m.
The governor, who described shelter as one of the basic needs of man, said the construction of the houses, which would be sold to the people at affordable prices, would employ the services of artisans like bricklayers, carpenters, painters and other auxiliary workers.
“I have told our people that the houses should not be more than N4million each. This is to enable people have access to them,” he said.
Abiodun, who used the occasion to intimate the people of his stewardship in the last 100 days, said apart from reconstituting the State Security Trust Fund and handing over its management to the right combination of people, 100 patrol vans, 200 motorbikes have been purchased with an Helicopter from the Federal Government to deal with security challenges in the state.
He further disclosed that agreement for the construction of Ijebu-Ode-Epe road would soon be signed, while the state and Lagos State government have jointly sought the handing over of the Abeokuta-Ifo-Ota and Sagamu-Ikorodu from the Federal Government for reconstruction, adding that this would boost business activities in the axis.
He said his administration has commenced the rehabilitation of rural and township roads, rehabilitation of 236 Primary schools and Health Centres to provide quality education and health services to the people, pledging that all communities in the State would feel the impact of his administration.
