Anambra Constructs N1.5b Housing Estate

Willie Obiano

GOVERNOR of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a private firm for the construction of a N1.5 billion Housing Estate in the state.

Speaking after signing the document with the firm, Lake Petroleum Limited, in Amawbia, Awka South local government area of the state, the governor said the estate would be located at Government Reserved Area (GRA) Onitsha adding it was designed to provide affordable and durable houses for the people in the area, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...

Obiano said the estate would be the eighth housing project to be initiated by his administration, adding that it would be built to international standard.

The governor said the project is expected to generate direct and indirect jobs for youths in the area, urging the contractors to begin work within three months or risk losing the contract.

Earlier, the Managing Director of Anambra State Investments Promotion and Protection Agency, Mr. Joe-Billy Ekwunife, said in the course of executing the project, the firm is expected to reclaim some land lost to erosion and assured that the project would boost the state’s internally generated revenue when completed.