Gombe Gov meets MD Family Homes Fund in Abuja
By Ben Ngwakwe Gombe
As part of efforts to deliver affordable houses to civil servants, the Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has met with the Managing Director and CEO of Family Homes Fund ( FHF), Mr. Femi Adewole, at the Gombe Governor’s lodge, Asokoro Abuja seeking for partnership to actualise the scheme in the state.
It may be recalled that Family Homes Fund, is an initiative of the Federal Government aimed at facilitating affordable housing delivery by entering into specific partnerships with supportive State Governments, developers and International partners/agencies that can provide technical support and financing for project implementation.
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In the statement from Director General Press Affairs Government House Ismalia Uba Missili to Periscope Nigeria, the Gombe State is in partnership with FHF under the affordable housing scheme which seeks to provide 1,000 affordable housing units in the state for low-income earners to own their own homes. The project will comprise of 1,2 and 3 bedroom houses.
The FHF MD confirmed to Governor Yahaya that Gombe State has met all the necessary requirements for the implementation of the scheme in the State and that the FHF would soon release funds required to enable commencement of the project.
He added that his agency, “in conjunction with Gov Inuwa Yàhaya will agree on a date for the ground breaking ceremony that will signal the commencement of the construction of the 1000 housing units by the Inuwa-led administration in Gombe State.”
The meeting had in attendance the Hon Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Muhammad Gambo Magaji.
