Okowa Calls For Steady Efforts To Check Nigeria’s Housing Deficit
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has called for steady efforts towards addressing the housing deficiency in the country.
The governor made the call yesterday (08/08/18) at the unveiling of Governance Villa Housing Estate, Ibusa, Oshimili North local government area of the state.
According to him, “there is a lot of gap in the nation’s housing sector and the more we provide affordable houses for the civil servants and all Nigerians, the better for our nation.”
While observing that a lot of progress has been recorded by his administration in creating the enabling environment for housing development, Governor Okowa emphasised that mortgage institutions have a lot of roles to play in encouraging civil servants in particular to own their houses.
He used the occasion to urge private property developers to work with relevant government ministries in designing their building plans to avoid going against the laws of the country, noting that it will be wrong for buildings to be erected under high tension powerlines.
The governor who attended the ceremony accompanied by top government functionaries, commended management of Juniuc Nigeria Limited for contributing to the housing development of the country.
Chief Executive Officer of Delta Trust Mortgage Bank Limited, Mrs Rubby Okoro had in an address, thanked Governor Okowa’s administration for providing the enabling environment for private sector to thrive in the state and urged Deltans to utilise the services rendered by the mortgage bank to own their houses.
The CEO of Juniuc Nigeria Limited, Mr Godwin Nonyalim in an address, said, “my huge debt of gratitude goes to our amiable Governor, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for actualizing the
