Fashola Flags Off 116 Federal Housing Units in Abuja, Lists FG’s Welfarist Initiatives Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) yesterday performed the official ground-breaking ceremony of 11
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola yesterday performed the official ground-breaking ceremony of 116 housing units under the Federal Integrated Staff Housing Programme in Gwagwalada, Abuja.
Some of the initiatives, according to the minister, include the federal government’s support for states to clear their salaries liabilities; civil servants salary review; pension reforms and the removal of equity contribution of the Federal Mortgage Bank housing loan of below N5 million for civil servants.
Earlier in her keynote address, the Head of Service of the Federation , Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan thanked the ministry for providing the expansive land in a prime area spanning five hectares. Meanwhile, Fashola has handed over the intervention project to tackle the gully erosion in Ugbowo and construction of the connecting road at the Ugbowo Campus , University of Benin, Edo State .
The Edo State Controller of Work, Dr Aransiola Ademola, who represented the minister at the event said the structural work and the water drainage were professionally done and the filling of sand was about seven metres high.
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