Lagos begins workers’ village, gives contractors weeks to complete Egan-Igando housing project

The Lagos State Government has commenced the operation of a caller workers’ colony astatine Ajasa, Command, successful the Ipaja country of the authorities arsenic portion of efforts to grow entree to affordable housing, portion besides directing contractors handling the Egan-Igando Housing Scheme to implicit the task wrong the adjacent fewer weeks.

The Commissioner for Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, gave the directive during an inspection of the ongoing lodging projects crossed the state.

A connection by the Lagos State authorities said the caller workers’ colony volition dwell of 176 lodging units made up of one- and two-bedroom apartments dispersed crossed 11 blocks of 16 flats each. The property volition besides beryllium equipped with modern infrastructure.

Speaking during the inspection, Akinderu-Fatai said the task would assistance the authorities supply much affordable homes for residents, peculiarly workers and low-income earners.

The commissioner, accompanied by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Engr. Adulhafis Toriola, and different members of the ministry’s method team, besides inspected the ongoing Egan-Igando Housing Scheme.

The lodging property comprises 636 residential units and features facilities including a shot pitch, tennis court, buying mall, solar-powered h2o filtration strategy and shops, each designed to make a self-sustaining community.

Akinderu-Fatai urged contractors handling the p...