LG Completes Houses For Workers

Some units of the Oji River Urban housing estate, being constructed by the Oji River local government council in Enugu state, is almost set for the owner-occupiers of move in and begin to live as landlords.

Initiator of the housing project and chairman of Oji River local government, Chief Gabriel Onuzulike, who made this known while conducting journalists on inspection to the project site said that the project was conceived because Oji town is an urban council with housing challenges.

Visit of the newsmen to the site also revealed that some units of the 250 housing units , especially that of the one bedroom terrace houses are almost completed for occupation.

Onuzulike said that Oji River local government is a bridge between Anambra and Enugu states that needs housing accommodations for the growing population of the semi-urban council, adding that before the second quarter of next year all amenities needed in the estate would have been put in place.

The 250 housing units include three bedrooms bungalows, two bed rooms bungalows and one bedroom terrace houses mostly meant for workers that would be accommodated through mortgage agreements, adding that applications for ownership of the houses are already being received.

Other projects executed under the council chairman’s administration include constructions and rehabilitations of different primary schools in the council, roads construction projects like the Isikwe and Enuguagu-Achi roads, Achi court-Umuabi road as well as isikwe- Awlah road.