The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi, on Thursday, inaugurated 164 housing units for officers at Gidan Iyali Estate, Millennium City, Kaduna.
Mr Adeniyi said providing the housing project, which consists of 142 semi-detached two-bedroom bungalows, 20 semi-detached one-bedroom bungalows, and 20 three-bedroom duplexes, was aimed at providing affordable homes for the service’s personnel.
He said that the initiative was not an attempt to recreate a barrack environment but a deliberate effort at ensuring that service personnel conveniently acquired pocket-friendly homes while still in service.
According to him, it is a demonstration of our commitment to ensuring that the personnel have the opportunity to own homes, addressing the challenges some face after retirement.
The C-G expressed hope that the initiative would end the housing-related struggles faced by some officers and men in the past.
Mr Adeniyi also said that the gesture aligned with the nationwide efforts to make affordable housing accessible to all Nigerians, as championed by President Bola Tinubu.
Encouraging officers to seize the opportunity, Mr Afeniyi announced similar projects ready for launch in Kano, Asaba, Yola, Abuja, Enugu, and Uyo, assuring a national spread for the benefit of all NCS’s personnel.
He reiterated the commitment of the service to deliver on its promise of providing 5,000 houses for distribution among the serving officers and men.
Mr Adeniyi also visited the Mando project, a Cantonment on 25- hectare land aimed at addressing the welfare needs of the officers.
In an interview, the Customs boss disclosed that the Mando project, aside being proposed for a cantonment with residential areas, would consist of shopping malls, recreation centers and social amenities.
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