REDAN to build 77,400 affordable houses in 774 LGs

The National President of Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Dr Aliyu Oroji Wamakko, has declared that the estimated Nigeria’s current housing deficit to be 22 million.

Wamakko revealed this while speaking recently with journalists in Sokoto, adding that the association is planning under the association’s Rural-Urban Housing Initiative (RUHI) to build 77,400 affordable houses in 774 local governments across the country.

The REDAN President maintained that the gesture is the association’s modest effort to significantly reduce the existing housing deficit in Nigeria, which currently stood at over 22 million.

He explained REDAN is collaborating with all the critical stakeholders in the building sector and government agencies to bring succour to Nigerians, adding that under this largesse, each of the 774 local governments in the country will get 100 houses.

“These houses will be built where feasible and they will be viable. They will alleviate the suffering of Nigerians, both in the public and private sectors.”

Wamakko cited unions like the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) and Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) as the association’s partners to ensure that Nigerian workers benefit more from the houses.

He disclosed that the project will soon be flagged off in Kaduna, being the most friendly in terms of land titling system.

The REDAN President commended the federal government for earmarking N200 billion for the provision of no fewer than 300,000 houses across the nation.

The association also alerted Nigerians on the fraudulent activities of an organization, African Nations Development Programme (ANDP), describing it as nothing but a scam.

He said: “Nigerians should desist from having any transaction with this fraudulent group of people who are only hand bag developers.

“They have duped many innocent people in Cross River State and they have now arrived in Kebbi State. We must put a stop to their illegal activities.

“People are already paying N250,000 to register with them, as well as paying N100,000, for the so called houses which would never be delivered by these dupes.”

Wamakko noted that the association had since reported the matter to the security agencies, which have since swung into action.