The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says that the Federal Government has commenced construction of houses in 33 states for workers under its National Housing Programme.
Fashola made this known at the sixth meeting of the National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development organized by the ministry yesterday in Abuja.
Under the housing programme, he noted that 653 contractors were engaged in the pilot scheme to deliver 2,736 units, while a total of 54,680 people were employed in the process.
He said the construction which was made possible because of the availability of land in those state was to fulfill commitments made in last year’s council meeting held in Ilorin, Kwara State.
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