Affordable Homes: 10,000 units on the way for federal workers

A new housing project being developed by the Abuja Cooperative City Project with the backing of the federal government will, on completion, deliver 10,000 housing units targeted at federal workers and members of the cooperative.

The estate, which is located in Jibi town, behind Mopol Barracks, Dei Dei, along Kubwa Expressway, sits on 700 hectares of land, and it comprises a range of homes from one-bedroom bungalows to five-bedroom detached houses.

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The city project falls under the Renewed Hope Affordable Housing Agenda and, therefore, it is endorsed by the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN).

The participating cooperatives in the project are the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, NNPC, the Police Service Commission and the Federal Judicial Service Commission. Each of them has expressed readiness to mobilise members to subscribe as soon as mortgage application forms are released.

Emmanuel Iyaji, the Secretary General of the Abuja Cooperative Federation, noted that for years many of their members have dreamt of owning a home in the capital but found it out of reach.

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“Abuja Cooperative City changes that story. It is exciting to watch government agencies, cooperatives and private partners working side by side to give ordinary working people a chance to own a safe, comfortable home and a place they can truly call their own,” he said.

Besides homes, the Abuja Cooperative City Project is expected to generate thousands of jobs in construction and related industries, strengthen local supply chains, and support Nigeria’s environmental goals through the use of energy-efficient building materials and renewable energy systems.