We’ll provide quality, affordable houses – Bello assures residents

By Abdullahi Muhammad

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has said that quality and aff ordable houses are available for public servants and indeed all prospective house owners in the FCT. Th e minister gave the assurance while commissioning 300 housing units of the Abuja Property Development Company (APDC) as well as the ground-breaking ceremony of phases 2 and 3 in Kaba District. Bello, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Babatope Ajakaye, disclosed that as low as six , 12 or higher offi cers could subscribe to houses that fi t their incomes, adding that after an initial modest down-payment, he could space out the remaining payment according to terms corresponding to their mortgage arrangement.

Speaking earlier, the Managing Director, Abuja Property Development Company (APDC), Engr. Yunusa Yusuf, said the project was partly fi nanced by an Estate Development Loan (EDL) from the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), adding that the phases 2 and 3 of the Estate would be completed through partnership and sight service. “We are aware of the housing defi cit in the country which runs to millions and the eff orts of the present administration to reduce the defi cit by about one million before the end of its tenure,” he said.

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