Delta State Commissioner for Housing, Paulinus Akpeki, has said that government would soon complete the 150 housing units for public servants in the state.
Akpeki said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Asaba on Sunday.
He said the project was aimed at meeting the housing needs of public servants in the state and generating revenue for the government.
“The ministry has been executing building projects to meet the housing needs of the people and also to generate revenue for government.
“We expect that as soon as the 150 buildings are completed, civil servants in the state will buy them.
“We have been able to record success in this area due to support from the architects who designed our buildings.
“They have helped us to come up with effective and affordable projects in the state,” he said.
Akpeki said that the housing estate, located along the Ibusa-Asaba road, comprised 50 one-bedroom flats, 50 two-bedroom flats and 50 three-bedroom flats.
According to the commissioner, the average cost of one unit of the buildings is N2.8 million.
He noted that the present administration in the state was determined to complete all ongoing housing projects before the expiration of its tenure in May 2015.
The ministry has completed the Delta Towers, Abuja, and the Governor’s Lodge in Lagos, and the projects would also generate revenue for the state government.
Akpeki added that the present administration had completed the new state secretariat project, housing five ministries.
