We will deliver 2,000 affordable houses to Ogun residents - Gov Abiodun

The Ogun State government says it is working towards delivering 2000 housing units at affordable prices to the people “in a very short time.”

The state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, stated this yesterday when he received the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of a property development company, Family House Fund, Mr Femi Adewole, who paid him a visit in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

Gov Abiodun listed housing as one of the pillars and enablers of his administration, noting that the process had started with the construction of 150 of 400 housing units at Prince Court Estate, Abeokuta.

He said efforts were on to replicate the same projects in the other senatorial districts.

He added that some factors like wrong locations, lack of access roads, unavailability of electricity and potable water had led to failure of housing schemes in the past, but assured the people that housing estates his administration was handling would provide comfort for the dwellers.

The governor said the state decided to operate under the Economic

Sustainable Programme to enable it benefit from the value chain, adding that his administration was ready to provide an enabling environment to genuine Investors’ ready to invest in the state.

Adewole explained that his visit was to discuss ways of deepening the relationship between his company and the state in the area of providing affordable housing to the people.

He promised the state government that he would help it actualise its vision on housing and collaborate with it on job creation, adding he would be updating the government on its project at New Makun, Sagamu.