20,000 Housing Units Provided By FRSC For Its Personnel

Federal Road Safety Corps has concluded plans to construct 20,000 housing units across the country for its personnel under a housing scheme tagged “Vision 20,000 housing project.”

Making the disclosure recently, while receiving the management team of the Federal Mortgage Bank, the Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, reiterated that the housing initiative was informed by the need to provide the required incentives for FRSC operatives to deliver on set goals of safer roads and fuller lives in the country.

The Corps Marshal emphasised that the focus of the housing scheme would be “one man one house” residential arrangement to effectively provide affordable houses for the Corps’ present staff strength of 20,000 in collaboration with the FMBN and other major stakeholders in the housing and financial sectors.

Oyeyemi said, “Under the programme, 70 per cent of the houses have been earmarked for junior staff of the Corps with a numerical strength of 15,000 while officers account for 5,000 of the staff strength.

“Realizing that housing remains a critical component for human development, we will vigorously pursue the vision 20,000 housing project to provide succor for our staff during and after their service.”

He added that FRSC management would subsidize the equity contribution of junior staff to make the units affordable.

Responding, the Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank, Alhaji Gimba Komo, congratulated the FRSC Corps Marshal on his recent appointment, and commended the Federal Government for the confidence reposed in the Corps to run its affairs by appointing a career staff as the boss.

According to him, the FRSC had enjoyed a robust partnership with the bank over the years, through the provision of affordable housing units at Gwagwalada and Lokogoma, adding that the proposed vision 20,000 housing project would no doubt, incentivize the FRSC work force towards improved service delivery.

Speaking further on the housing project, the Head of the FRSC Staff Housing Unit, Ebenezar Adebisi, noted that under the first phase, the Corps would provide 10,000 housing units in the Abuja-Niger-Nasarawa axis, while Lagos and Ogun will have 5,000 units.

He said Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kaduna, Kano states would each have 500 units, while additional 1,000 houses will be staggered in the remaining states of the federation.