Governor names housing estate project after Enahoro

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March 21, 2015 4:27 PM

Fashola said if not for the sacrifices made by the late activist and others like him, the democracy that Nigeria was enjoying today would have been a pipe dream.

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(NAN) Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Friday inaugurated a housing estate in Ogba area of the state and named it after the late pro-democracy activitist, Anthony Enahoro.

Performing the ceremony, Fashola said the 20-block estate was dedicated to Enahoro’s memory in recognition of his struggle for the enthronement of democracy in Nigeria.

He added that it was on the platform of that hard-fought democracy that he could deliver the housing project and executing other life impacting projects.

Fashola described democracy as the best form of government and urged citizens to guard it jealously by shunning acts that could truncate it.

He said that the delivery of the housing project was a demonstration of the commitment of his administration to reduce the housing deficit in the state.

He said that the estate comprising 240 housing units of one, two and three bedrooms, would be allocated to residents on a 10-year mortgage of not more than nine and a half interest rate.

Fashola said the allocation of all homes built by his administration on mortgage was to defeat the problem of affordability and enable home seekers own houses conveniently.

He said the project provided no fewer than 5,000 direct and indirect jobs. He noted that 13 construction companies handled the project and engaged 670 artisans and 780 casual labourers while the job lasted.

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