National housing scheme begins in Bayelsa

The federal controller,  housing in Bayelsa, Mr. Nwachukwu Achebe, has said the National Housing Programme has commenced in the state. Achebe said this recently at the site of the housing programme estate in Elebele, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa during a media tour of ongoing Federal Government projects in the state. He said the […]

The federal controller,  housing in Bayelsa, Mr. Nwachukwu Achebe, has said the National Housing Programme has commenced in the state.

Achebe said this recently at the site of the housing programme estate in Elebele, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa during a media tour of ongoing Federal Government projects in the state.

He said the project, aimed at bridging the housing deficit across the states of the federation was also to engage some unemployed persons to work in the site. 

He explained that the project consist of two and three bedroom semi-detached bungalow as well as three houses made up of 24 units of flat with total of 72 housing units.

Achebe said the project is designed to take care of the low and medium income earners across the country.

 “At the moment, we have cleared and sand filled five hectares of land; the deepest areas have already been covered and the remaining parts will be covered in the next three weeks,” he explained.