FG impressed by progress of work at Zuba Housing Estate

By Maduka Nweke

The Minister of State for Works and Housing, Mu,azu Jaji Sambo, has expressed satisfaction at the pace of work at the FHA Mass Housing Estate site in Zuba, Abuja.

According to Mr. Kenneth Chikelue, Public Affairs Officer, Federal Housing Authority, the Sambo made the call during a visit to ascertain the level of completion of the estate, in readiness for its commissioning.

He said the Minister was taken round the estate by the Managing Director and Chief Executive of Federal Housing Authority, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, in the company of the Authority’s Executive Director Project Implementation, Sam Chinonso Omoke among other staff.

The Minister inspected the nine remaining blocks of flats that are at various stages of completion. During the inspection, minister however observed he need for adjustments in the external finishing in some blocks. He also observed that the trees planted in the estate are still at the nursery stages, as he  advised that henceforth, efforts should be made to plant trees at sites as soon as construction begins, so that the trees could grow as the project progresses.

The Minister called on management to come up with the exact percentage  of work left to be done in the estate, which will determine the actual time for the final completion of the project.

The Zuba Mass Housing Estate is a pilot project of Federal Housing Authority to be replicated across the nation. The project sits on 18 hectares of land, housing 764 units of various house types. The breakdown shows a total of 16 blocks of 3 Bedroom Flats in a block of 8 flats, 32 blocks of 2 Bedroom Flats in a block of 8 Flats, 14 blocks of 1 Bedroom Flats in a block of 16 Flats and 5 Blocks of Terrace duplexes in 4 rows.

The estate is already serviced with 100 per cent completed standard infrastructure such as roads and drains, external water distribution network, electricity external reticulation, perimeter fence Work, 3Nos water stations, injector transformers, civil works and servicing of blocks with underground cables.