The Federal Government has emphasized on strict maintenance culture in relation to housing assets, whether public or private, to avoid decay of infrastructure.
President Goodluck Jonathan who was represented by the Vice President, Namadi Sambo today, Tuesday, at the commissioning of Sunday Adewusi Housing Estate, Dakwa, Dei-Dei, Abuja, built by the Nigeria Police, gave the charge, saying “it is sensible to always avoid eventual capital costs by paying regular attention to an existing asset.”
President Jonathan commended the leadership of the Nigeria Police and his management team “for their diligent implementation of the Housing project in their quest to providing excellent accommodation for Men and Officers of the Police Force which will motivate them towards effective and efficient service delivery.”
He said “it is instructive and commendable to note that these 1000 units of 3, 2 and 1 bedroom houses at Dakwa, Dei-Dei, Abuja were developed through Public, Private Partnership between a reputable developer and the Police Cooperative Society Ltd. which financed the project”.
While thanking the Nigeria Police Force under the present Inspector-General Mohammed Abubakar, for building 2000 housing units just in two years, President Jonathan noted that “officers and men who are beneficiaries will pay for the houses through the National Housing Fund (NHF) loans. The Nigeria Police Force had accesses to this facility, through the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN)”.
Jonathan said one of the key pillars of his administration’s transformation agenda is the Public Private Partnership development model and attention to practical mortgage and home financing, as he urged all sectors as well as Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to emulate the Nigeria Police Force.
