Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has declared his administration would complete about 250 semi-detached and fully-detached duplex houses at the President Muhammad Buhari (PMB) Estate before the end of the year.
Governor Abiodun stated this during an inspection of the first phase of the 60 mixed development scheme at Kobape, Abeokuta, the state capital, yesterday.
He said when completed the project would have a recreation park, shopping centre, and security post among other facilities.
He said, “I am sure that between now and the end of this year, we will have nothing less than 200 to 250 units that will be completed here with the complementary landscape and all other pieces of furniture that are required to make this place an ideal place to live,” he said.
Abiodun, while disclosing that the project is among several inherited from the past administration, noted that the contractor, who according to him had taken the state government to court and was about to get a judgment against the state, has been paid off.
The governor also stated that his administration began the instalmental payoff of the outstanding amount unpaid by the immediate past administration.
“A lot of taxpayers money was spent on this project. Before we assumed office, the infrastructure contract had been awarded, basically the road network and the street lightning poles that you saw here.
“However, the contractor was never paid. By the time we assumed office, the contractor had taken us to court. We didn’t even realize it because the previous administration had left the matter in court unattended to.
“So, when we assumed office, the contractor was about to be given judgment against the state. So, we had to scramble, wade into it, work out an amicable settlement with the contractor and began an instalmental payoff of the amount outstanding.
“So, the Dapo Abiodun administration paid off the contractor,” he said.
The immediate past special adviser and general manager of the Ogun State Property Investment Corporation (OPIC); Mr. Abiodun Fari, said the state government targets the next nine months for the delivery of the units under construction.
