The Federal Government says it has created no fewer than 252,800 jobs for skilled and unskilled workers through investment in housing projects under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa stated this on Thursday while delivering his speech at the 13th National Council on Lands Housing and Urban Development meeting holding in Gombe.
Dangiwa said that housing investment had positively impacted on economic growth, job creation, and poverty alleviation.
According to him, under the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates Programme, there are construction underway at 14 sites, comprising a total of 10,112 housing units.
He said that the project includes 250-unit Renewed Hope Estates with 1, 2, and 3-bedroom semi-detached bungalows in Yobe, Gombe Nasarawa, Benue, Sokoto, Katsina, Abia, Ebonyi, Delta, and Akwa Ibom States.
