The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists and the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Lagos on Wednesday laid the foundation for 800 low cost Pen Jewel Estate in Ogun State.
The NAWOJ National President, Ifeyinwa Omowole, during the ground breaking in Abaren, commended the NUJ for helping her achieve the dream to provide affordable houses for journalists.
Omowole said she realised the dream because NUJ provided the land.
Omowole promised to demonstrate true Corporate Social Responsibility that captured host communities.
“We are going to use this opportunity to teach Nigerians, corporate organisations, the political class and the world how to do CSR that benefits host communities directly,” she said.
She explained in the course of the project, the community primary school would be roofed and electricity and road networks extended to Abaren.
Omowole said the estate in Lagos was a pilot scheme which would be spread to other parts of the country for practicing journalists soon.
The Chairman of NUJ in Lagos, Deji Elumoye, said the first set of 200 houses would be delivered to beneficiaries on or before December and the remaining 600 within 36 months.
“Our concern is to ensure an average journalist has shelter,” Elumoye said.
The Chairman of Primewaterview Holdings, developer of the project, Prince Adetunji Ogunwusi, promised to provide the estate with 24 hours uninterrupted power supply and extend same to the community.
“The kind of electricity will be renewable energy, we will not disappoint you,” Ogunwusi said.
The Group Managing Director, Primewaterview Holdings, Morinola Babalola, promised to engage youths and artisans in the community for the construction.
Babalola, who distributed educational materials to school children in the community, said the gesture was to show real love to the community for accepting the project.
“We are going to create jobs for youths and artisans in this community,” she said.
The traditional ruler of Abaren Kingdom, Chief Solomon Akinyemi, commended the initiative and thanked the unions for bringing development to the area.
Akinyemi said: “We built the schools here through community efforts and we started bringing electricity poles, but we are amazed at the offer to use modern roofing sheets for our schools and give us uninterrupted power supply.
“We thank the journalists and developer and pray that they keep their promises.”
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