Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu , presenting keys to an allottee, Master Idowu Shonaike, during the official handing over of keys to allottees of Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande Gardens, Igando at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Friday, January 31, 2020. With them: Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress , Alhaji Tunde Balogun ; Special Adviser for Housing, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka ; Commissioner for Housing, Hon.
A 56-year-old widow, Mrs Fatimat Kosoko, betrayed emotion as her name was being announced to benefit in the scheme. The Governor reiterated that provision of decent homes for a large number of residents across the State remained a key thrust of his administration’s social intervention scheme, stressing that his Government had introduced a simple mortgage model to expand the opportunity to low-income families.
The Governor said the delivery of affordable housing to low-income residents underscored “irrevocable commitment” of his administration to actualise its agenda of building a 21st-Century economy and attaining ‘Greater Lagos’. The Governor advised those who missed out in the maiden housing scheme not to lose hope; their applications, he said, would be re-considered in the subsequent schemes coming later in the year
He disclosed that the Government would be delivering an additional 360 homes in Igbogbo, 744 homes in Sangotedo, 660 homes in Agbowa and 680 apartments in Egan Igando.