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  • FG has 58 roads, bridges ongoing projects in Southeast – Minister

    The Federal Government has 58  ongoing road and bridge projects in the South East, Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Alhaji Mustapha Shehuri has said.

    Shehuri said this on Thursday in Abuja when he received a delegation from Igbo World Union (IWU) led by its President General, Dr Mishak Nnata during a courtesy visit.

    He said that the Second Niger Bridge, Enugu-Port Harcourt road, Onitsha-Enugu expressway, Onitsha-Owerri road, Ninth mile-Orokam road, Nnewi-Enugu road and Onitsha Eastern Bypass were among the ongoing projects.

    The minister said that since the inception of the current administration in 2015, the federal government has put up several initiatives to ensure construction and rehabilitation of roads across the country.

    “At the inception of this administration in 2015, we met a lot of mess in the system, particularly, in the area of infrastructure.

    “As I speak to you now, we need nothing less than N3 trillion to fix road infrastructure in the country and as at 2015 when we came in, budgetary allocation for road was just N18 billion.

    “The N18 billion would not have gotten  any where, but in view of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to developing  infrastructure in the country, the budgetary allocation was increased to over N480 billion in 2016.

    “The allocation was increased, notwithstanding the dramatic fall in the price of crude oil that led the country to recession at the beginning of the administration,” he said.

    He said that the Federal Government had come up with several initiatives, including the Sukuk fund, Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund and Tax Credit Policy to addressing funding challenges in the execution of road projects.

    The minister commended the delegation for the visit and noted that the commitment of the union which preached and promoted peace in the midst of challenges in the country was a welcome development.

    Nnata said that IWU was a Pan Igbo Social-Cultural organisation with focus on peace and unity, based on equity and transparency.

    He said:”we encourage peaceful co-existence not only among the Igbos, but with host communities while in pursuit of the Igbo cultural diplomacy.

    “We canvas and support moves for an egalitarian, civilised Nigeria state that will be home to all Nigerians.

    “IWU pledges her expertise in servility to the success of this government, to synergise and harmonise partnership with your ministry to provide the much needed infrastructure in the Southeast,” he said. (NAN)

  • FG housing programme: Minister lauds pace of work in Benin

    The Minister of State  for Power, Works and Housing, Mr Mustapha Shehuri, has lauded the pace of work at the site of the National Housing Programme in Edo.

    Shehuri gave the commendation on Friday in Benin during an inspection of ongoing Federal Government’s project in the state.

    He said that the achievement recorded so far in the state and the pledge by the contractors to complete the project by the end of December was a welcome development.

    The minister urged the contractors to live up to their promises, adding that the programme was in line with the federal government’s efforts to provide affordable housing to Nigerians.

    He pledged that the government would continue to support committed and hardworking members of staff to achieve its goals adding that the project was being undertaken in the 36 states of the federation.

    Shehuri said that the national housing programme was part of the campaign promises of President Muhammadu Buhari to deliver affordable housing to Nigerians.

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    Mrs Evelyn Ani-Otoibhi, the National Housing Programme Team Leaders in Edo, said the project, consisting of houses and infrastructure was commenced in February 2017.

    She said that the housing project was made up of 28 units of two-bedroom bungalows, 16 units of three-bedroom bungalows and a three storey condominium consisting 24 flats.

    The team leader said that construction of roads, provision of electricity and motorised boreholes were ongoing in the site.

    Ani-Otoibhi said that the entire project had attained between 80 and 100 per cent completion and that the 15 contractors had pledged to hand over the building by December ending.

    She said that it was 100 per cent local content-based, adding that the contractors, suppliers and artisans were all sourced locally.

     

    NAN

  • FG flags off N22.7bn road rehabilitation project in Adamawa

    The Federal Government has flagged off the rehabilitation of the 122 kilometre Mayo Belwa-Jada-Ganye-Toungo road in Adamawa which will cost N22.7 billion.

    Mr Babatunde Fashola, (SAN) the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, disclosed this in a statement by Mr Theodore Ogaziechi, the Director of Information in the ministry.

    Fashola, represented by Alhaji Mustapha Shehuri, the Minister of State 1 in the ministry at the occasion marking the commencement of the project, said the road was due for rehabilitation.

    He said that the road, constructed in 1999, was currently in very deplorable state with several failed sections, potholes, alligator cracks, depressions and washouts at the edges.

    The minister added that the road was also an important economic route linking major farming communities of Mararaba, Jamtari, Jada, Dashen, Ganye, Toungo and neighbouring Taraba.

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    He said that the project, expected to be completed in 36 months, would involve the reconstruction of the 112 kilometre road with 7.3 metre carriageway width and 2.75 metre shoulders.

    According to him, the carriageway will be overlaid with 60mm asphalt concrete binder course, 40mm asphalt concrete wearing course with pavement of 200mm thick and 200mm stone base.

    The Governor of Adamawa, Bindow Jubrilla, commended the federal government for the project, adding that it would no doubt, increase investment in rice production and livestock farming in the state.

  • Gov. Okorocha supports FG’s housing programme

    Gov. Okorocha supports FG’s housing programme

    Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has expressed support to the ongoing Federal Government’s National Housing Programme (NHP) across the country.

    Okorocha, represented by Mr Kingsley Uju, his Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, spoke on Wednesday during the inspection of the NHP site in the state by the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Shehuri.

    The minister was in Avu, Owerri Local Government Area, as part of a nationwide inspection tour of the sites for NHP projects.

    The governor commended the Avu community for sacrificing its ancestral land to make sure development was recorded in the area.

    Okorocha promised the land owners that none of them would be denied their statutory rights in the course of the development.

    He appealed to the contractors to always carry the people of the area along in their activities to prevent agitations.

    Okorocha noted that the state would be laying foundation of another housing project in line with the Federal Government promises of providing houses for a greater percentage of Nigerians.

    He called for the cooperation of the citizens toward the realisation of the housing project.

    The minister said that the Imo project site was the best out of the sites visited in the country.

    Shehuri promised to address issues of payment to contractors squarely, adding that payment would be made as soon as it was due to facilitate timely project completion.

    Dr Victor Nwaneri, Chairman, Avu Land Owners of Federal Housing Estate, said it was gratifying that the Federal Government approved the siting of the housing estate in the area.

    Nwaneri urged the Federal Government to consider Avu indigenes first in appointments in the ongoing project.

    He also appealed for the revival of the dualisation of Avu-Egbema road in the interest of many communities around it.

    “All other life changing amenities should be extended to Avu community to propel the community to donate more lands to the government as the need arises.”

    The Team Leader, NHP, IMO state, Mr Cosmos Ikejiofor, noted that there was a legal tussle between the ministry and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri.

    In his progress report on implementation of the programme in the state, he said that the challenges were yet to be resolved.

    He said that Interim Valuation and Payment Certificate (No. 1) has been raised for the contractors that have completed work on the ground floor concrete slab in their projects.

    “These have been forwarded to the ministry’s headquarters at Abuja for further necessary action,” he said.

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  • FG repositions FMBN to ensure affordable housing delivery -Minister

    The Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Shehuri, has commended the Federal Government’s decision to strengthen and recapitalise Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) with N500 billion.

    A statement signed by Mr Olatunji John
Principal Information Officer of the ministry, stated that the government’s gesture would further reduce the housing deficit in the country.

    The Minister had visited the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Tanko Almakura in continuation of his inspection of ongoing works on the National Housing Programme (NHP) in the North-Central geo-political zone.

    According to the minister, this gesture will go a long way to make mortgage facilities accessible to Nigerians.

    Almakura, represented by the Deputy Governor of the state, Mr Silas Agara, thanked the Federal Government for the collaborative effort through providing land for the NHP project in the state.

    Almakura appreciated the Federal Government for initiating the programme, adding that it would have a multiplier effect on nation’s economy.

    According to him, it will create employment, enhance expertise on professionals in the built industry and create local content market.

    He assured the Minister that the state would continue to partner with the ministry to ensure the successful completion of the project.

    The 76-unit Housing Estate comprises of four units of one-bedroom, 48 units of two-bedroom and 24 units of three-bedroom apartments.

    He expressed satisfaction with the location and the level of works done so far.

    Also, the Minister inspected the construction work which is at various levels of completion at the 80-unit NHP project site in Makurdi, Benue State, where he met with contractors, artisans, food vendors, masons and labourers.

    While stating his mission in the state, the Minister expressed appreciation to the government for providing land for the construction of the housing programme.

    Shehuri noted that in spite of the present economic situation of the country the administration was resolute in fulfilling its campaign promises to Nigerians including that of housing.

  • Jos: 80 houses for completion in June – Minister

    Eighty units of houses, built under the National Housing Scheme, have reached 70 per cent completion and would be inaugurated in June, Mr Mustapha Shehuri, Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, has said.

    Shehuri disclosed this on Tuesday in Jos, when he paid a courtesy call on the Deputy Governor of Plateau, Prof. Sonni Tyoden.

    He said that Plateau was one of the beneficiaries of the pilot scheme ‎ of the housing programme.

    According to him, the project consists of 4 units of 1-bedroom semi-detached houses, 48 units of 2-bedrooms, semi-detached, and 28 units of 3 bedroom semi-detached homes.

    He said that the project, which commenced in February, would be completed and occupied in June this year.

    The minister said that Nigerians, who could contribute a specified amount to the Federal Mortgage Bank, were qualified to own a house in the scheme.

    Shehuri appealed to the state government to construct feeder roads that would link Rayfield to Laminga, where the houses were being constructed.

    Responding, Tyoden assured the minister of the state government’s readiness to construct feeder roads that would link Rayfield to Laminga.

    He appealed to the minister to address the issue of the abandoned 132 KVA line from Makara in Pankshin, noting that the abandonment had caused much hardship to the communities.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister, who had earlier inspected the housing project, expressed delight at the level and quality of work.