Ogun Govt Unveils Programme for Modern City Development
The Ogun State government has unveiled the ‘Ogun State GRA Regeneration Programme’ which will transform some dilapidated structures within the Government Reserved Areas in the state.
The programme, a brainchild of the Governor Dapo Abiodun administration, will create “smart cities” with the construction of modern housing units on over 100 hectares of land, valued at billions of naira in Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode, Ota, among other areas.
Speaking during the inspection of the Ibara housing project, the state Commissioner for Housing, Jamiu Omoniyi, said the programme will make the concerned areas environmentally friendly through the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) scheme.
He further stated that the regenerated scheme will have between four and five bedrooms of different sizes which are to be complemented with world-class infrastructural facilities.
The commission also stated that the scheme is equipped with opportunities such as rent-to-own, outright purchase, and mortgage.
Similarly, the state government said it had put in place a holistic transportation system that would help to address the problem of rural-urban migration, among other issues.
The state Commissioner for Transport, Gbenga Dairo, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the newly-introduced Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus scheme, said that the transportation plan, which was developed in collaboration with the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (UKFCDO) and eggheads at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, had been adopted by the state and is already being implemented in stages.
