Kebbi Governor Commissions 500 Housing Units, Assures Of Bridging Kebbi Housing Deficit

Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, commissioned 500 housing units in Birnin Kebbi, as part of efforts to bridge the housing deficit in the state.

The housing units were built by his administration with the active collaboration of a private firm, Family Homes Funds Ltd, under a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) arrangement.

Bagudu said at the epochal event to mark the twilight of his administration that the State Government had fully provided all the needed infrastructure at the estate.

According to him, more than 1000 plots had since been allocated to different beneficiaries and assured that the incoming administration of the Governor-elect, Dr Nasiru Idris, Kauran Gwandu, would sustain the laudable project.

“Government is a continuos process, government is work in progress.

 He said that the housing units would be distributed to the intended beneficiaries, saying, “the incoming administration will do more.

 The State Commissioner for Lands, Mamuda Warah, said the gesture was part of the efforts of the state government to provide relief to the citizens through the provision of affordable housing.

Warah said that the houses would be sold to the civil servants and other deserving applicants on owner-occupier basis and outright purchase.

He stated that 70 per cent of the houses of 350 would be sold to the civil servants on owner-occupier basis, with a payment period of fifteen years.

In the same vein, 30 per cent or 150 houses would be sold to the members of the public on outright purchase, with  an initial payment of 50 per cent, while the balance would be paid in two years.

Warah said that each of the three bedroom houses costs N7 million, while each of the two bedroom houses costs N6 million.

He said that a N3.5 billion loan was secured for the project, while infrastructure like roads, water, electricity, recreational facilities, school, clinic.