Kano State Government will build about 5,000 housing units for teachers in public primary and secondary schools in the state.
According to the State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, 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 stated this at a stakeholder meeting on the proposed project on Saturday at the Government House Kano, which is under the first phase of a scheme aimed at providing decent accommodation for teachers and their families in the state.
“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” Governor Ganduje stated.
Gov.Ganfuje also stated that “my administration is concerned about ensuring affordability of and access to houses for the teachers so that they do not become destitute when they retire from active service.”
