Niger Opens Bids For Sale Of 57 Houses

The Niger Government has opened the bids for the sale of
Commissioners’ Quarters and Assembly Quarters.

Speaking during the ceremony, Alhaji Mohammed Madugu, the
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands and Housing, said that the
proceeds from the sale of 57 houses in Minna, would be used to build similar
structures at the proposed Three Arm Zone.

“ The state government has procured about 520,000 hectares
of land on which to build an estate that will house members of the three arms
of the government and these proceeds will be part of the funds for developing
the estate.

“We are hoping that whatever the structural plan we decide
to use, what we realise from these sales, should be enough;but I want to assure
you that we will build houses that will correspond to the numbers of the
property we are disposing off.“

He said that the opening of the bids marked the beginning of
sale of the houses, adding that the occupants of the properties would have the
automatic right of refusal, in accordance with the laws of the land.

Madugu said after the opening of the bids, the Technical
Evaluation Committee would evaluate the property and then set the benchmark.