Leadership (Abuja)
Abdulazeez Sani
4 October 2008
Niger State Government has concluded arrangements to construct 15 housing estates across the state.
The state commissioner for Land and Housing, Mrs. Salome Ndakotsu, who disclosed this in Minna at a press briefing, said some of the projects had already commenced.
Ndakotsu explained that the government was embarking on the mass housing project to enable civil servants and other low income earners in the state own personal houses. She stated that the housing project include the Gen. M. I. Wushishi 500 unit – housing estate along Eastern bypass, Minna; 500 units along Maikunkele road, Minna; 500 units along Minna- Bida road, Gaduge; 500 units phase I along Tagwai Dam road, Minna and 500 units along Minna- Paiko- Suleja road.
According to her, others include 500 units along FM Radio station, Minna; 500 units opposite field base, Suleja; 500 units along Dikko- Maje road, Tunga Shanu; 500 units along Dikko- Kabo road and 250 units along Kontagora- Tegina road, Kontagora. The others include 250 units at Lemu, 200 units in Lapai, 150 units in Kuta and 250 units in New- Bussa. The commissioner disclosed that compensation for the land acquired for these housing estates have been paid in some cases while others are being worked out. Ndakotsu also revealed that a new Government House is to be constructed along Eastern bypass in Minna.
She explained that about 360 hectares of land had been acquired for the project while the compensation was being worked out. According to her, the cost of the project to be handled in phases was being worked out and would be incorporated in next year's budget. The commissioner said going by the plan, a three arms zone for the executive, legislature and the judiciary would be developed and sited in the same area.
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