Commission to construct 160 housing units in Niger State

The 160-unit Housing Resettlement Scheme will be built by the Hydroelectric Power Producing Area Development Commission (HYPADEC) in the communities of Muregi and Ketso in Niger State, North-Central Nigeria.

According to the report, the Housing Resettlement Scheme will be funded by the commission and will be available in all six HYPPADEC states.

Floods and other natural disasters have caused sporadic displacement of the Muregi and Ketso communities,

While laying the foundation for the housing units, the state’s governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, noted that when the shelter is finished, it will give the people the necessary safety.
The governor recalled the impact of the Rivers Kaduna and Niger on various communities and said the resettlement project is long overdue. He expressed his hope that the project would be finished in accordance with the contract.

The Governor added that the Niger state government and HYPPADEC would collaborate on the construction of basic infrastructure, such as roads.

“Electricity provision to Muregi will soon be finished, and for their ongoing and long-term

benefits, I’m advising the people to protect government installations in their communities.”

While praising HYPPADEC’s leadership for all of its efforts to lessen the suffering of residents in riverine communities, the governor announced that a committee will be formed to guarantee proper resettlement of the population as soon as the project is finished.

Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa, the Managing Director of HYPPADEC, explained that of the 160 units, 120 will be given to the Muregi people and 40 to the Ketso people.

“After conducting a needs analysis and expert survey, we chose the two communities because they have been frequently impacted by flooding since 2015.

Each housing unit will take up half of the plot size allotted to it in order to accommodate future expansions, and construction of the housing units is expected to cost about N500 million.

Under the strict supervision of the Commission’s Directorate of Engineering and Technical Services, the entire project must be completed using sustainable and energy-efficient building materials.

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The first phase will be finished and put into service before the current administration, according to the managing director of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Area Development Commission.

Alhaji (Dr.) Yahaya Abubakar, the Etsu Nupe and head of the Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, and Jibrin Abdullahi Muregi, the head of the Mokwa local government area, both praised HYPPADEC’s 2002-starting intervention in the communities.

The people of the two communities have previously endured untold hardship as a result of the recurring flooding and ecological disaster that wreaks havoc on the communities each year, according to a statement from the governor of Niger state’s spokesperson, Mary Noel Berje.

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She continued by saying that previous attempts to resettle the population had failed.

“Hope that HYPPADEC, a commission with a mandate to relocate flood-prone communities among other things, would accomplish that before the height of this year’s rains,” the speaker said.