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Gombe State Executive Council in session Wednesday
By Akanji Alowolodu, Gombe
The Gombe State Executive Council meeting, presided over by Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has approved the sum of N5billion loan for the construction of 1000 housing units in the state.
Commissioner for information and Culture, Mr Julius Ishaya Lepez made the disclosure at a press briefing shortly after the 16th session of the state executive council meeting held at the council chamber of the Government House, Gombe.
The loan, he said, is to be secured from the Family Housing Fund, famous for giving credit facility to states across the country to address their housing deficit.
He said Council equally deliberated on land administration and masterplan of Gombe metropolis where it noted that the planned integration of customary land title owners into Government layouts was to enable the administration of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya provide social amenities to the people without recourse to the needless payment of compensation each time Government wants to construct road networks or carry out other developmental projects.
Mr Julius Lepes told journalists that Council also received assessment report on the Billiri crisis detailing the number of property destroyed and value attached.
He added that findings by the assessment committee on the crisis indicated that 41 houses were affected which is valued at N94, 600, 666million among other destruction.
