Katsina Earmarks N1bn For Housing Dev

The Katsina State Government says it will spend N1 billion for the development of housing in the state this year.

The Commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport, Alhaji Mustapha Maikudi, stated this yesterday in Katsina, while inaugurating new boards for the Katsina State Transport Authority (KTSTA) and the Katsina Housing Authority (KHA).

Maikudi said that the state government had, since 2007, constructed 750 houses in the state capital, and 30 houses in each of the 34 local government areas in the state.

He said that the move was aimed at alleviating the accommodation problem faced by civil servants and to boost their morale for effective service delivery.

On KTSTA, the commissioner said that the authority had 101 buses, pointing out that it planned to procure one additional vehicle for the fleet every month.

“Such vehicles play important role in easing transportation difficulty of many Nigerians within and outside the state,” he said.

Maikudi urged the new board members to put in their efforts in order to achieve the objectives of the boards.

In their separate remarks, the Chairman, KTSTA, Alhaji Lawal Yusuf and his counterpart for KHA, Alhaji Yusuf Dambo, thanked the state government for giving them the opportunity to serve.

They gave the assurance that they would work hard for the development of the state.