In a bid to tackle the housing deficit in the country, the Federal Government has disclosed plans to build no fewer than 1000 units of low-cost houses in Ondo State.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Federal Housing Authority, FHA, Oyetunde Ojo, stated that the project will be implemented across the country.
Ojo maintained that the project will be mostly in the form of studio rooms and one-bedrooms for low-income earners and young people to be able to own a home.
The FHA boss revealed this during a courtesy visit to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in Akure, the state capital, stressing that the visit was to seek the partnership of the state government towards the project, which he said would take off before 2024 runs out.
“We, at FHA, decided that before we embark on any project in a state, we must visit the state and consult with the government.
“This is also to ensure that we do not impose our designs on any state; rather, we build according to the peculiar needs of each state.
” There will be studio rooms, one-bedrooms, and the rest so that many low-income residents, especially young people, can afford them, just like it is applicable in advanced countries. We are also looking at carcasses. We can build the structures and do the exterior, but leave the finishing to be done by the occupants, let them do the finishing according to their taste or finances,” he said.
On his part, Governor Aiyedatiwa commended the FHA boss and his team for picking Ondo as one of the early beneficiaries of the scheme.
Aiyedatiwa also commended Ojo for embarking on such a visit to dialogue with host states before implementing such a project.
