FG To Launch “Mega City Project”, Targets Affordable Housing For All –  Alhaji Tijani Gwarzo

By Daniel Maduka

The Federal Government would soon give teeth to the housing aspect of President Bola Tinubu’s “Renew Hope Agenda”, as plans have reached advanced stages for the launch of the Mega City Project, Minister of State For Housing And Urban Development, Alhaji Abdullahi Tijani Muhammad Gwarzo has said .

The Minister who gave the assurance on Wednesday ,January 31 in Abuja when he received in audience Executive members of Medical And Dental Consultant Association Of Nigeria, acknowledged the crucial roles of the medical body  in the task of providing decent and healthy houses for the citizenry.

In a release issued and signed by his Special Assistant Media Adamu Abdullahi and made available to The Source, Kano born ,Alhaji Gwarzo, noted that the Federal Government’s “Mega City Project” is targeted at providing affordable housing for all Nigerians irrespective of economic and social status.

He appreciated the Medical Union for their foresight in keying into the project, as well as seeking collaboration with the Ministry, assurring of the readiness of the Ministry of Housing to partner with them towards the construction of Housing Estates across the country.

The National President of  the Medical And Dental Consultants, Professor Muhammad Aminu Muhammad had earlier informed the Minister that their visit is to solicit the support and collaboration of the ministry in the area of provision of affordable, safe ,and stable houses in accordance with health planning.

Prof Muhammad, therefore, called on the Minister to assist in the facilitation of allotment of a plot of land in Abuja for the construction of its National Headquarters.