LagosHOMS produces 54 home-owners at Oko-oba housing scheme

The Lagos State Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme (LagosHOMS) has taken away 54 residents of the state from the crowded housing market with the releasing of 54 housing units at Oko-Oba Agege housing scheme to those residents who were lucky applicants for the houses.

This gesture, according to officials of the home ownership mortgage scheme, is in furtherance of Governor Akinwumi Ambode’s promise to Lagosians of continuity with improvement and commitment to ensuring continued access to decent and affordable housing through the LagosHOMS.

In a statement obtained by BusinessDay at the weekend, Dehinde Tunwashe, General Manager, Lagos State Mortgage Board, explained that the Oko-oba scheme, which was commissioned recently, has large sized 2 and 3-bedroom apartments in a gated community, adding that giving them out was a way of alleviating the housing problems being faced by Lagosians and also meeting up their  demand for decent and affordable housing.

He stressed that the Oko Oba scheme which is about 15 minutes’ drive from Ikeja, the state capital, boasts of state-of-the-art facilities like street lights, water treatment plant, community hall, external gas cylinder cage, laundromat, security post, adequate parking space, electricity pre-paid meters, estate management office and utility generator.

He assured that the state government would not relent in its efforts at reducing housing deficit in the state while it would continue to give housing a priority. He said that aside the completed Oko-Oba scheme, construction was ongoing at different sites across the state and that, as soon as they were completed, they would be put up for sale, hence residents could apply and become home owners.

Tunwase stated that applications were now open for interested members of the public who were first time home owners, advising that applicants could visit the scheme’s office or log on to their website: www.lagoshoms.gov.ng.