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By Lukman Olabiyi
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu will be rounding off his first term in office with the commissioning of three housing projects located at Gbagada, Odo-Onosa Ayandelu and Agbowa areas of the state.
Commissioner for Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, who disclosed this at a press briefing, said the projects were another testament to the governor’s determination to reduce the housing deficits in the state.
Akinderu-Fatai said Sanwo-Olu would on Thursday commission Ndubuisi Kanu Estate in Gbagada.
The Estate, comprising 72 home units with 48 two-bedroom and 24 three-bedroom apartments, is one of the choice housing schemes completed by the present administration. He explained that the housing project was initiated to provide more decent homes for Lagosians residing in the metropolis. He said the governor would also unveil LagosHoms Odo Onosa/Odo-Ayandelu covering a land area of 8.22 Hectares and located along Agbowa-Sagamu Road, Agbowa in Ikosi-Ejirin Local Council Development Area.
The Scheme, he said, comprised 660 homes in 70 blocks of four dwelling types in the following categories: Eight blocks of one-bedroom flats (192 Units); 21 blocks of two-bedroom flats (252 units); 26 blocks of three-bedroom flats (156 units) and 15 blocks of three-bedroom flats (60 Units).
The commissioner said the Resettlement Scheme in Agbowa, which is on the same axis as Odo-Onosa-Ayandelu, has 144 Units for displaced persons.
people, four blocks of two-bedroom (48 units) and four blocks of one-bedroom (96 units) on 8.8 square metres. Its other complementary infrastructure includes water reticulation, gatehouses, electricity transformers, car parks, access roads, and external drains.
He said the Governor is ending his first term in office on a resounding note with projects aimed at ameliorating the suffering of the masses, adding that Lagos State Government would continue to bridge the shortage of decent accommodation through massive housing projects across the State.
