Ogun State government is set to build a new housing estate at Kemta, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta South Local Government Area to ensure provision of affordable housing for workers in the state.

Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Daniel Adejobi, said in Abeokuta that provision of affordable housing and urban renewal was one of the five cardinal programmes of the Ibikunle Amosun administration in the state.

He asserted that government was taking every necessary step to ensure that the housing needs of people are met, with emphasis on provision of affordable housing to the largest number of people in the state.

The commissioner added that in line with the belief that government is a continuum, the Amosun administation is taking steps to ensure the all uncompleted housing estates from the immediate past administration in the state are completed, while efforts are in top gear to commence construction of new schemes across the state.

He therefore called on interested civil servants to apply online for the new scheme stating the type of housing unit desired, as this would enable the ministry to ascertain the number and type of housing units to be built in the proposed estate.

In a related development, allegations that the state government has taken over the operations of Ogun State Property and Investment Corporation (OPIC) due to insolvency has been debunked by the Managing Director of the Corporation, Mr. Kola Omobo.

According to him, OPIC is maintaining its position as a leading agency in the housing sector, noting that government was rather putting up strategies to boost the activities of the corporation.

According to Omobo, OPIC is still a self-sustaining agency that is meeting its financial obligations including regular payment of staff salaries as at when due, adding that no portion of the corporation’s land in Ikeja earmarked for the construction of a five star hotel had been tampered with as being alleged.