Ibara Housing Regeneration Programme, not to witch-hunt workforce, says Omoniyi

     Fagbohun                  Omoniyi

….as HoS assures civil servants of consideration in the Scheme

Damilola Ajibola

The Ogun State Commissioner for Housing, Jagunmolu Akande Omoniyi, has said that the Ibara Housing Regeneration Programme, embarked on by the State Government was not meant to witch-hunt the workforce.

This was contained in a statement issued by Press Officer, Ministry of Housing, Adeola Adebajo, obtained by News Contact Online, on Tuesday.

This is just as the State Head of Service, Mr. Kolawole Fagbohun, assured about 232 civil servants residing in the Ibara Government Reservation Area Housing, Abeokuta, affected by the programme of consideration in the Scheme.

The HoS according to the statement urged the affected civil servants to take advantage of mortgages, in order to benefit from the affordable housing scheme programme.

News Contact Online recalled that some civil servants residing in Ibara GRA Housing were served quit notices to vacate their buildings for commencement of demolition exercise.

It was also gathered that the remaining occupiers of the government buildings in the Estate were also served quit notices and given a timeline to vacate their premises by end of May 2024.

Omoniyi said the urban renewal programme would pave way for modern, befitting houses.

The commissioner added that the regeneration programme would  give real value to the State and the people.

While noting that similar GRAs in other southwestern States have been rebuilt over the years to conform with modern housing schemes.

He said that the commencement of the regeneration scheme of Ibara GRA was graciously approved by the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun and would be delivered at the stipulated period.

 “We have been mandated to come up with a lively city that can portray Ogun standard, I want to assure you that Ogun State is ready for real estate business,” he said.

Recall that the Commissioner was accompanied on the inspection of the dilapidated building of Ibara GRA and Government Technical College, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, by the Head of Service, Mr Kolawole Fagbohun some weeks ago to see to the level of compliance of the occupants after serving them the vacate order on different occasions.