The Commissioner for Housing in Ogun State, Jamiu Omoniyi, on Friday, disclosed that the Governor Dapo Abiodun administration in the last five years had created over 50,000 jobs for artisans in the housing sector of the state.
Omoniyi explained that the jobs were made possible through a direct labour strategy adopted by the state government in executing various housing projects across Ogun.
The commissioner made this known while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after leading members of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria on the inspection tour of buildings under construction in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Omoniyi said the incumbent administration in the state had been bullish with the provision of affordable, medium and high-income homes across the three senatorial districts of Ogun State in the last five years.
According to him, no fewer than 4,000 homes have been put in place by the current administration, creating direct jobs for over 50,000 artisans via direct labour.
The Housing Commissioner stated that the PMB Estate was conceived and started by the immediate past administration in the state. Still, it was left fallow with incomplete infrastructures all over the place.
He added that the incumbent administration, however, decided to turn the wasting assets into things of great value for the people of Ogun State and Nigerians in the Diaspora who wanted to live in the state, by reactivating the estate which was left in a parlous state.
