The Federal Government has handed over keys to the beneficiaries of the sales of National Housing Programme Houses phase 1 in Osun State.
At the handing over ceremony in Abere, Ede North Local Government, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fasola announced that the Federal Government had approved 694 subscribers out of over 12,000 people that applied through the web-portal launched November 21st last year.
Represented by the Controller of Housing in Osun State, Mr Salako Adeoye, the minister said in Osun State 4 persons had fully paid for the houses of their choices within the estate which comprises of 76-units of 1 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom and 3 Bedroom.
He called on Nigerians to avail themselves the opportunity of owning a house in the 35-states and FCT that have been completed except Lagos.
Mr Fasola listed requirements for qualification to access the houses which could be uploaded on the web-portal includes: “current passport photograph in JPEG or PNG format, most recent copy of your current tax clearance/pay slip in PDF format; means of identification..; letter of recommendation from any primary mortgage…”
“The advantages of owning a house in our NHP Estates includes the well-spaced sizes such as one-bedroom units is about 60-70 square meters”.
Also speaking, the Timi of Edeland who is the traditional ruler of the host community, Oba Munirudeen Lawal lauded the Federal Government Housing Programme which he believed would attract further development to the area.
Oba Lawal however appealed to the Federal government to extend Housing projects to rural communities.
“I believe extending this housing project with it’s attendant social amenities to rural areas would in a way improved the quality of life of rural dwellers and halt the spate of rural-urban migration”.
Two of the beneficiaries, Messers Akinkunmi Akinola and Oyejide Ayodeji described the Intervention as the easiest way for Nigerians to own a home, particularly with it’s flexible payment system.
Adenitan Akinola
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