To make sure inexpensive homes and mitigate housing deficits in Kogi State, the Ministry of Housing and City Growth is organising a two-day symposium of stakeholders within the housing sector within the state.
Saying this in Lokoja on Tuesday, the Commissioner of Housing and City Growth, Taiye Abanika, mentioned the symposium with the theme “Trendy Housing and City Renewal in Kogi State” is to galvanise concepts from stakeholders.
He famous that the governor of the state, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has been working very onerous in direction of offering homes for all within the state, significantly the much less privileged, saying that this was a part of his marketing campaign guarantees to the residents.
He famous that the ministry, although newly created, is already leveraging on the platform of the federal authorities underneath the renewed hope agenda of Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration to make sure respectable and inexpensive homes for the folks
He mentioned, “200 hecters of Land has been offered for the Federal Ministry of Housing and City Growth and the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) to construct properly over 1000 housing items within the state.”
He famous that each one the preliminary works in direction of offering homes for the employees are on and have been captured within the 2025 draft finances, which he mentioned will quickly be offered to the Home of Meeting for approval.
“All these will assist to carry down the price of lodging within the state. The stakeholders’ assembly will give you a blueprint that may assist in coverage formulation and fashioning out the processes of making certain inexpensive homes for the citizenry.
He added that as a part of the actions, the stakeholders can even embark on a roadshow to create consciousness of the necessity for city renewal and regeneration.
