The Federal Government Staff Housing Loans Board is set to inaugurate over 150 houses in Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory.
Dr Hannatu Fika, Executive Secretary of the board, made this known while speaking to newsmen at the sideline of the governing board meeting, on Wednesday in Abuja.
Fika said that the inauguration would be part of events to commemorate the October 1 Independence Day, adding that the houses would be in
conjunction to the Federal Integrated Staff Housing programme.
She said: “We will be commissioning two housing estates in Kuje, which comprise of 66 and 100 houses each, the estates have been built and few finishing touches are being put in place.
“We are also looking at developing our plot of land, which was allocated to the board by the Federal Capital Territory Administration to enable us construct affordable houses for public servants.
“A lot of public servants have indicated their interest to own houses.
“A giant part of the houses to be constructed will be part of the FISH programme, where we give houses in lieu of the cash loan.”
Commenting on the N1 billion renovation loans, Fika said, public servants in the North East, Benue and Plateau States whose houses were affected by the insurgency were being prioritised.
She added that the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria had approved the list of the affected public servants and would release N1billion to the board for this purpose.
Fika said: “We have packaged a list and 75 per cent of that list is coming from Benue, Plateau and North-East because these states have had their houses vandalised and it is only fair for us to consider them.
“Anytime from now and according to the list approved, the FMBN is releasing over N1billion to enable us take care of these group of public servants.
“However, we have the mandate to give renovation loan to public servants.
“This is to help bring succour to public servants that have been devastated and to meet the housing needs of the public servants.’’