The National Housing Project of the federal government in Ekiti state would be completed by April, the South West Zonal Director of the project, Mr Olasunkanmi Dunmoye, has said.
Dumoye spoke during an inspection tour of the project, situated along Agric Olope area of the state capital.
He stated that the housing project was to cover a total of 70 flats for the first phase, harbouring descriptions such as one, two and three bedroom flats, three bedroom flats as well as semi-detached bungalows .
He said the project was designed by the federal government in 2016 to ameliorate the sufferings of poor Nigerians, especially in the area of affordable shelter.
Dunmoye stated that more than half of the houses have reached 100 per cent completion, while the remaining are in various stages.
He also said the road network project within the environment, including electrification and water provision had equally reached between 40-70% completion stages.
The zonal director explained that the project could not be completed early like other states, because the land originally allocated for it by the state government under the administration of former Governor Ayo Fayose was considered too far from the city centre.
” It was after then that we reached an agreement with the former government which gave us an alternative land at the centre of the state capital where we are presently.
“But with a condition that we must rehabilitate the Agric Olope access road which we have now done,” he said.
Dunmoye said a total of 15 contractors were engaged on site to prosecute the housing project, but said no fewer than 1,750 persons are currently employed either directly or indirectly on site.
He, however, frowned at the attitude of some contractors who had refused to make appearances for the jobs ceded to them, and threatened that government would substitute them soon if they failed to retrace their steps.
