Mai-Mala Buni, Yobe State Governor
From SADIQ ABUBAKAE, Maiduguri –
Yobe State government has commenced the construction of 1,800 housing units across the 17 Local Government Areas of the state to improve the living conditions of the people and ease accommodation problems in the rural areas.
The state commissioner of Housing, Alhaji Bukar Dauda, who disclosed this in on Monday, said that the 1,800 units were made up of three-bedrooms urban, two-bedrooms urban and two bedroom-rural projects across the local governments.
He explained that the project was the first phase of the 3600 houses billed for construction across the State by the Buni administration.
According to him, the construction of the housing units had already commenced in Damaturu, Gulani, Bursari, Geidam, Yunusari, Fika, Nangere, Fune, Nguru and Yusufari Local Government Areas of the state .
Some residents of Damaturu said the commencement of the construction projects was a clear indexes of the commitment of the present administration towards meeting the housing needs of the people.
While others described the housing projects t as people oriented projects will alleviate accommodation problem of the people especially the civil servants across the state and commended the governor for awarding the contract.