While commissioning 108 housing units in Durumi District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, last week, the outgoing Kano Governor used the opportunity to announce the signing of a new agreement for the sale of 286 units of houses and 44 hectares of land to a Chinese firm at the cost of over N5 billion for the establishment of China Town in Amana city, Kano State.
“In our administration’s desire to diversify the investment outlook of the state as well as fully explore and utilize the state’s assets in a more productive and efficient manner we embarked on an unprecedented task of construction of three mega cities Kwankwasiyya, Amana and Bandirawo, which are today household names in Nigeria and beyond,” Kwankwaso noted.
The housing project named ‘Evergreen Residences’ consists of 108 housing units of 5 and 4 bedroom maisonettes, 4 bedrooms terraces and 3 bedroom blocks of apartments. The project, together with another project consisting of over 400 residential units in the Lokogoma District also in Abuja is being executed at a total cost of N20 billion.