TOWARDS tackling the housing challenge bedeviling its citizens, the Borno state government has announced plans to build additional 2, 500 housing units in the metropolis.
The new housing projects are being sited on Bama, Damboa and Magumeri/Gubio roads and Pompomari By-pass, covering a total of 600 hectares.
The beneficiaries are expected to be residents and teachers that were not accommodated by the allocation and verification committee in the first phase of the scheme, totaling 2, 700 houses.
The state’s commissioner of Housing and Rural Electrification, Alhaji Sugun Mai Mele made the disclosure at press conference to mark Democracy Day; and second year in office of Governor Kashim in Maiduguri.
He said the housing projects will be carried out through “direct labour” and in partnership with Poverty Alleviation and Youths Empowerment ministry that will provide the manpower.
Already, the state government has built and allocated a total of 2, 711 houses on Owner Occupier Housing Scheme (OOHS) at N303, 700, 202, and 1, 000 Housing Estates in Maiduguri metropolis.”
On houses for teachers, he said that 300 units are being constructed at the Monguno Teachers Village (MOTEV), Pompomari By-pass road, adding that the houses have reached 65 per cent completion stage and would be ready for occupation before the end of this year.
In a breakdown of the houses to their respective sites, he said on the Gubio/Magumeri road, 1,000 houses are to be built, while on Damboa road, an additional 1,000 housing units are to complete for occupancy.
He said the Bama road site for the houses, will accommodate 200 units of two and three bedroom houses.
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