The Minister of State for Works and Housing, Umar El-Yakub, on Tuesday, said the commissioning of 748 housing units constructed by the Federal Housing Authority in Zuba would take place in no distant time.

The minister stated this while speaking to journalists after a tour of the project.

He said that work on the project had reached an advanced stage and would soon be completed with infrastructure work ongoing for the benefit of its off-takers.

According to him, Zuba Housing Estate was a pilot project that should be replicated across the federation.

He said, “This project is almost completed but very little work needs to be done on this finishing. I guess little things are needed to finalise on basic infrastructure and that is to say that all the reticulation has been done. Water, power, etc need to be put in place for the benefit of the residents so that they will have a conducive environment to live in.

“As you can see, this is almost completed and finishing touches are being done

“These are affordable houses indeed and for you to have such houses is commendable. As a resident, the only thing you can enjoy is the facility. So, I can see that the finishing touches will take time.

“Commissioning will happen very soon as we are still finalising important details and when that happens, it will be commissioned.”

Reeling out the features of the estate, the site manager, Tukur Muhammed, said the project sat on 18 hectares of land and consisted of 352 units of one-bedroom flats, 264 units of two-bedrooms, 128 units of three-bedroom flats and 20 units of three-bedroom terrace, amongst other social and basic amenities.

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