Some housing scheme applicants have urged the Ogun State government to give them the allocation two years after making payment to own a two-bedroom bungalow at the Prince Court Estate, Kobape in Abeokuta.
The applicants, numbering about 200, yesterday, said that they applied to own the homes in 2022 after duly filled application forms and payment of N5,000.
The representative of the applicants, Adeyemi Aremu, while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta, the state capital, said that the housing scheme was sold to them by the Ogun State Ministry of Housing.
He said the applicants had duly paid but had not been given any property.
Aremu added that some paid outrightly, some paid two instalments, while others paid through the Gateway Mortgage Bank.
The applicants expressed the fear that the government might be planning to increase the price or give the available 100 uncompleted semi-detached two-bedroom bungalows to civil servants who were chased out of Ibara government quarters at the expense of those who have fully paid to the Ministry of Housing.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Housing, Jamiu Omoniyi, attributed the inability of the ministry to deliver the houses on record time due to the inflation in the country, which resulted in a rise in the cost of building materials.
He added that there were ongoing efforts by the state government to resolve the issue, assuring the applicants that their deposits were intact.
He, however, called for calm, stressing that the matter would be addressed accordingly.
