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By Maduka Nweke
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the state government will do everything possible to make the residents comfortable in terms of accommodation.
The Governor reiterated his administration’s commitment to provision of adequate and affordable housing to all residents of the state.
Speaking during the inauguration of Ndubuisi Kanu Housing Estate in Gbagada recently, the Governor stated that the estate which is a 72-unit housing scheme, comprising two-bedroom flats and three-bedroom flats respectively will go a long way in ameliorating the acute shortage of housing in the state.
Represented by his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, the Governor said that two other housing schemes were being inaugurated simultaneously at Agbowa and Ikosi-Ejirin, as part of activities to usher in the administration’s second tenure. He said that by the inauguration, the housing deficit will be substantially reduced through partnership with the private sector to deliver a significant number of affordable, safe and decent housing units.
Sanwo-Olu assured that the housing scheme was for all Lagos residents irrespective of status, tribe or religion adding that, “Providing adequate, affordable and decent housing is a major challenge faced by megacities all over the world. As a state, we face an additional challenge of limited land size, with a huge population which, according to the 2016 statistics, increases with a daily influx of 123,840 people.
“A large percentage of this number is here to seek economic oppourtunities and therefore, we will continue to respond to people’s needs. The ‘people’ represent the human capital which involves the poor, the rich, users of homes, home providers, land buyers and the investors. For this reason, our housing provision strategy has been focused on attending to the shelter needs of all,” he said.
Earlier in his address, the Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Morufu Akinderu-Fatai, said that the Sanwo-Olu-led administration’s goal was to make Lagos comparable to the 21st economy all over the world.
This, Akinderu-Fatai said, was in terms availability of beautiful communities with adequate infrastructure where people could live and call their home.
In his contribution, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, who was represented by Chairman, House Committee on Housing, Mr. Rasheed Makinde, thanked Sanwo-Olu for resolving the outstanding litigations on the estate and completing it with other inherited housing projects.
Chairman of Kosofe Local Government Council, Mr. Moyosore Ogunlewe, commended the various payment options made available to ensure that more people benefited from the state’s housing scheme.
Ogunlewe noted that the 19 housing estates have so far been completed and delivered by the present administration across the state. They include: Lateef Jakande Gardens in Igando, Courtland Villas, Igbokushu, Lekki Apartments, State Affordable Public Housing Scheme, Idale Badagry and Bayview Estate, Lekki.
Others are: Sunny Ville Apartments, Nob Oluwa, Ogba, Phoenix Apartment, Ilupeju, Lagos HOMS, Lekki Phase I, Babatunde Raji Fashola Estate, Iponri and Prince Abiodun Ogunleye Estate, Igbogbo.
B.O. Benson Estate and Sangotedo Housing Estate, Eti-Osa.
