The federal government as part of its efforts to bridge the nation’s housing deficit has provided a low income housing estate in Kuje, Abuja under a Public Private Partnership (PPP)arrangement.
The 300 housing estate is geared towards decongesting the city centre thereby opening up economic activities at the satellite town.
The Managing Director, Opinior Engineering Company,Eng. Muftau Salawu,? disclosed this in Abuja during a facility tour of the estate.
He explained that under the PPP housing arrangement, the federal government through the ministry of land and urban development provided the land, while developers from the private sector sourced the fund for the construction of the estate.
Figures obtained from the ministry put the total housing needs of the country at 16 million units.
But Salawu said that the PPP arrangement, if properly implemented, would help to reduce this deficit within the shortest time possible.
For instance,he said the estate which was built for low income earners under a flexible payment scheme was part of measures to ensure affordable housing for all.This, he noted, was in line with the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan.