The President of FRN, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said in Abuja on Tuesday that his administration had delivered change mantras to Nigerians, especially in the area of affordable housing. The president, while acknowledging his administration’s credit for opening a housing development in Zuba, Abuja, on Tuesday, said the new housing development would address the multifaceted poverty of its citizens.
In the words of Buhari while presenting keys to the new homeowners at the Federal Housing Authority in Zuba, “I convey my hearty congratulations to the new homeowners in this estate. Our promise of change has been fulfilled for you.”
The President also said the new housing estate addressed multidimensional poverty as the beneficiaries had “taken a step up on the ladder of prosperity and away from poverty.”
The N9.5bn estate, which is located on 18.5 hectares of land, consists of 16 blocks of three-bedroom flats in a block of eight flats, 32 blocks of two-bedroom flats in a block of eight flats; 14 blocks of one-bedroom flats in a block of 16 flats and five blocks of terrace duplexes in four rows.
Buhari, who has less than 27 days left in office, pointed out that investments in housing created employment opportunities for artisans and other skilled members of society.
He urged residents of the estate to consciously work together with the FHA to ensure the property’s maintenance and the environment’s safety. He stated:
Housing supply is one of the indices of multidimensional poverty that challenges our people, and the completion of this estate provides a solution for the beneficiaries. The new homeowners who benefit from this estate have stepped up the ladder of prosperity and away from poverty. One of the measures we have consciously deployed to create wealth, prosperity and develop our economy is the aggressive provision of infrastructure nationwide.
Cc: Punch Ng
