Eyakenyi Commends Jonathan on housing…Commissions 102 Housing units

President Goodluck Jonathan has been commended on the impressive steps the present administration has taken in the last four years to revamp and reinvigorate the housing sector to ensure that Nigerians have access to affordable and quality housing.

The commendation was given by the Minister of Lands Housing and Urban Development, Mrs Akon Eyakenyi at the commissioning of the 102 units ministerial pilot housing scheme in Suleja Niger State Tuesday, fully funded by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN)

Eyakenyi said the commissioning of the housing which is the first of such exercise in the six geo political zones of the country is a demonstration of the desire of the President to bring affordable houses to the doorsteps of citizen’s particularly low income earners.
She said, “I am happy about the efforts of the present administration to place the housing sector in the epicenter of the Transformation Agenda in order to fully harness its potential for sustainable and equitable growth.

Eyakenyi disclosed that the housing gap in the country is being reduced gradually by the present administration especially with the drive to build more houses.

She disclosed that the ministry provided the land; the project was funded by FMBN while the developers were responsible for the actual construction based on specifications and timelines.

In his speech, Managing Director of the bank, Gimba Ya'u Kumo described the commissioning as another credit to the successes of the President Goodluck Jonathan's Transformation Agenda in the Housing Sector.
 
Kumo disclosed that the manner of collaboration has been successfully implemented in the six geo political zones of the country for the benefit of Nigerians, especially contributors to the National Housing Scheme adding that under the arrangement, government provides construction financing and in most cases, unencumbered land for housing development.