Ebonyi Approves N5bn to Construct 126 Houses for Civil Servants

Benjamin Nworie in Abakaliki

Ebonyi State Government has approved the sum of N5billion for the construction of 126 housing units for civil servants in the state.

Briefing journalists on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting, the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor, disclosed that each of the housing units would costs N40million.

Okpor said every category of civil servants would benefit from the housing units.

He said: “Following an earlier approval for the construction of housing units for civil servants in the state and subsequent preliminary actions to bring this government’s desire to fruition, the council approved the sum of N 40 million as a unit cost for each of the 126 approved housing units.

“This is expected to gulp the total sum of Five Billion, Forty Million naira (₦5,040,000,000). Recall that the Exco in the meeting of November 26, 2024, had resolved to execute this project through direct labour.”

The state government also approved the sum ₦166,922,076.25 for the procurement of water treatment chemicals, diesel, servicing of generator-sets and maintenance of distribution pipelines from Ezillo Water Scheme.

According to Okpor, “This is to enable the state government recommence water treatment and supply to the public through the memo requesting the procurement of water treatment chemicals, diesel, servicing of gen-sets and maintenance of distribution pipelines from Ezillo Water Scheme.

“The Exco approved the sum of One Hundred and Sixty Million, Nine Hundred and Twenty-Two Thousand, Seventy-Six Naira, Twenty-Five Kobo (₦166,922,076.25) to that effect. This approval covers the aforementioned actions for a period of three months.”