The Renewed Hope Cities and Estates Project of the present administration through the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Monday, got a boost, with the allocation of 2424.62 hectares of land for the project by the Nasarawa State Government.
Handing the documents to the Minister during a courtesy visit to the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, Governor of Nasarawa state, Engr. Abdullahi Sule maintained that the gesture was to show the commitment of the state to the efforts of the Ministry towards providing affordable housing to Nigerians.
The land offered by the Nasarawa state government is a 24.62-hectare piece of land located at Auta-Balefi in the Karu Local Government Area of the state and represents the pilot site for the Renewed Hope Cities Project in the state.
“ I want to thank the Minister most sincerely for choosing Nasarawa state as one of the benefiting states for the first phase of the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates programme. We are extremely proud of what you are doing in the sector, and we can see how proud Mr. President is of what you are doing.
“He always refers to your promise that you will transform Nigeria into a giant construction site whenever we have our meetings, and we can see it happening already. The land we are giving is located in Karu Local Government, which is now one of the most visited local government areas in Nigeria.
“It is also growing rapidly in terms of population and development. We are very excited to be presenting this C of O and the Approval of Grant to you, and I decided to come and give it to you in person to show my appreciation for all you are doing in the housing sector in Nigeria,” he said.
Responding, Dangiwa thanked Governor Sule for responding to the request for land made by the Ministry towards enhancing the affordability of housing units for Nigerians.
