The Kano State government will construct about 5,000 housing units for teachers in public primary and secondary schools in the State, under the first phase of a scheme aimed at providing decent accommodation for teachers and their families in the state.
This was disclosed by the State government at a stakeholders meeting on the proposed project at the weekend, in the Government House, Kano.
According to the State governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje Each of the 36 rural local governments will have 100 housing units while the remaining eight metropolitan local governments will have 150 housing units each. The government would provide the land, auxiliary facilities such as water, electricity and roads while other aspects would be handled by the partners.
The scheme, tagged: Teachers Reserved Areas (TRA) , will be implemented jointly by the State government, Family Homes Funds and the Federal Mortgage Bank.
The governor, however, pointed out that participation in the scheme, which would commence next year, is optional and the beneficiaries would pay for the houses in easy installments.
He said a technical committee under the Executive Chairman of the State Policy Coordination and Policy Implementation Directorate, Rabiu Sulaiman Bichi has been set up to fashion out modalities for smooth implementation of the project.
In his remarks, Bichi maintained that the teachers housing initiative was to complement the state Free and Compulsory Education Policy, saying The last time houses were built for teachers in Kano was during the days of the Native Authority, he said.
He stressed that the government would tap into available resources at Federal financial institutions, to make the dream a reality.
