The Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Ministry of Housing, Mr Kamar Olowoshago, has said that the housing scheme in Egan is near completion.
Olowoshago led senior officials of the ministry to a site inspection.
The team toured Egan, Lagos State University (LASU) and Lateef Kayode Jakande Gardens at Igando.
According to the perm sec, the visit was to look at the state of ongoing projects and to also see how the completed ones are faring.
“We just went to Housing Scheme in Egan, few hours ago and I can tell you that it is about 90 per cent ready. We are trying to see how we can quickly complete the Cluster One so that we can release the homes to the allotees. We are looking at remaining things to be done to get it completed and I can tell you that in no distance time, Egan will be available for people to live in,” he said.
Olowoshago said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is doing all he could to provide mass housing for Lagosians in line with his THEMES agenda.
“At the ministry, we are greatly focused on building more housing schemes for the benefit of the masses, we’re also concerned about1 maintenance of the structure and facilities put in place. I’m satisfied with the maintenance culture at LKJ Gardens where you have 492 home units; like we always say that maintenance is key to continue enjoying any facility put in place by the government and I think I’m satisfied with what I’m seeing. You can see for yourself, we’ve gone round and we’ve seen the water system and other aspects. We just went to the open space allocated for worship centres… it is our belief that the two religious groups will maintain decorum in going about their religious activities,” he said.
Director of Estate , Mrs Patunola-Ajayi Olayinka called for a harmonious relationship between estates’ residents’ associations and facility managers.
She said while the role of the associations is ceremonial, the facility managers are to be in charge of the day-to-day running of the estates’ join facilities.
“The facility managers are actually the face of the State Government in any estate and their role is to maintain the joint facilities in the estate – the water system, sewage system, lightning of the surroundings and cleaning, among others.
For the Residents’ Associations, it’s just a social outfit – to handle weddings, birthdays, funeral and festivities. Their roles don’t clash at all. Everybody should just strictly maintain their roles. As long as the two associations recognise their complementary roles, there won’t be any problem,” she said.
She calls on allottees to ensure payment of their facility maintenance fee as contained in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed when receiving keys to their apartments.
The State Government, she said, won’t hesitate to withdraw the allocation from any resident that refuses to pay the stipulated fee.
