FG executes 30 housing projects in Kwara State till date
The Federal Government said it has executed more than 30 projects across the three senatorial districts in Kwara State from January 2019 till date through the Special Projects Unit of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.
The projects executed include the health centres, blocks of classrooms, solar-powered boreholes and roads, among others.
The team leader for the sensitisation team of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Mr Ibrahim Usman made the disclosure in Babaloma, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara state during a sensitisation tour of some of the housing projects.
According to Usman, the Federal Government embarked on the projects to improve the wellbeing of the people in the state and expressed satisfaction with the way some communities were maintaining the projects, especially the blocks of classrooms, solar-power and water scheme.
The team leader assured the communities in the state of more provision of projects and advised the benefitting communities to protect them from vandalisation or theft.
The Loma of Babanloma, Oba Mohammed Usman-Ayilara, while receiving the team at his palace, applauded the Federal Government for the provision of a comprehensive health centre and a block of classrooms for the community.
Oba Usman-Ayilara solicited for the provision of medical personnel and hospital equipment for the health centre to further improve the wellbeing of the residents of the community.
On his part, the Etsu Tsaragi in Edu Local Government area, Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed-Kpotwa, also expressed appreciation to the government for the provision of two 500 KVA transformers for the community.
The traditional ruler urged the government to provide more infrastructures that would aid further development in the community, in order to minimise rural-urban drift.
The Principal of Community Secondary School, Babanloma, Alhaji Agboola Mustapha, applauded the Federal Government for the provision of blocks of classrooms and solar-powered light for the school and Government Secondary School, Ilorin.
