A philanthropist in Adamawa State, Mr Emmanuel Musa, has commissioned 300 houses he built for vulnerable people and 216 toilets he constructed for rural communities.
The philanthropist, who executed the free housing project under his charity, the Emnamu Foundation, commissioned the completed units during a ceremony in the state capital, Yola, explaining that the houses were meant to support vulnerable people.
The Emnamu Foundation founder, during the handing over of the keys to beneficiaries in Wuro-Hausa, Yola at the weekend, said the houses were built to bridge huge housing deficits.
The houses were constructed at insurgency-affected areas in Mile Bakwai, Fachi, Wuro Hausa, Mararaba, Kala’a and other villages around the state.
At a separate event in Yola to mark his Foundation’s second year anniversary, Emmanuel Musa flagged off distribution of relief items to indigent people, saying that since its inception about two years ago, his Emnamu Foundation has empowered over 200,000 residents in many areas of human endeavours.
At the flag off of distribution of the food and nonfood items to targeted 85,904 beneficiaries, the philanthropist said 42,091 people had so far received free medical intervention through series of health delivery interventions, and that over the past two years, his Foundation touched lives in the areas of health, education, sports and vocational skills development.
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He said his choice of the critical intervention is to assist the people to overcome current hardships occasioned mostly by Boko Haram insurgency and rising inflation.
He added that part of the activities of the foundation involved the construction of the 300 houses and another 216 public toilets across the state for the benefit of vulnerable people.
Hadiza Muleng, a beneficiary of the housing units in Wuro-Cheke, thanked the Emnamu Foundation founder for timely intervention in view of intensifying rains and likely flooding.