Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has introduced a sustainable and affordable Housing Scheme for Civil Servants in the State.
Mrs Geraldine Akpet-Ekanem, the Head of Service (HoS), disclosed this on Monday in Calabar during a meeting with Directors and Heads of Administration in the state’s Civil Service.
According to her, the meeting was to enable the Government to gather the needed data for the take-off of the scheme.
“We want to ascertain the number of persons that are interested to help us determine the actual number of houses to be built.”
The HoS said the governor was committed to the welfare of civil servants in the state and urged them to take advantage of the opportunity to make their retirement worthwhile.
Akpet-Ekanem further disclosed that the housing scheme would include One bedroom, Two bedrooms, Three and Four bedroom flats to be situated across the three senatorial districts of the state.
She said the houses would be built in Yala and Obudu Local Government Areas for the Northern Senatorial District.
Other would-be sited in Ikom and Yakurr Local Government Areas for the Central Senatorial District, and Tinapa Road and Jonathan Bypass in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area for the Southern Senatorial District.
