The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, on Saturday, performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of 250-unit Renewed Hope Housing Estate in Gombe metropolis.

Mr Dangiwa said that the project would cost about N4.2 billion, and expected to be completed within six months.

He said the housing project was designed with 50 one-bedroom, 150 two-bedroom, and 50 three-bedroom semi-detached bungalows, adding that the federal government would construct similar estates in 30 states while six others would have Renewed Hope Cities.

According to him, this is part of the President Bola Tinubu’s vision to provide affordable housing nationwide, stressing that the project would be executed in Gombe and Yobe for the North-East region.

“This is just a start of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President, We plan to build 100,000 housing units now we have taken estates in 30 states of the federation,” he said.

Mr Dangiwa said the federal government had adopted sound financial arrangements to enable Nigerians purchase the houses either through direct payment or mortgage at a single digit interest rate of six per cent payable within a period of 30 years.

The minister charged the contractors to ensure quality work and deliver in line with the contract specifications and agreements.

Also speaking, the state governor Inuwa Yahaya lauded the gesture, adding that his administration was constructing 550-housing units to address housing deficits in the state.

He said the housing estates were sited along Kano Road and Muhammadu Buhari Industrial Park, adding that 50 of the housing units were being executed in partnership with the Family Homes.

Mr Dangiwa also inspected the ongoing School of Nursing and Midwifery project, Kwarin Masu bridge and gully erosion control project at Federal College of Education Technical, London – Maidoguruwa – Malam Inna.

(NAN)