Abuja: No fewer than 140 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have acquired new houses in Abuja under the corps’ Cooperative Society scheme. NSCDC Commandant-General (CG), Ahmed Audi, on Tuesday in Abuja, handed over the keys to the houses, which comprised of one, two, and three-bedroom flats, as well as award letters to the beneficiaries.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, the houses also comprised 80 units at Grand Luvu Estate in Masaka, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa, and 60 units in the Deidei area of the FCT. Audi, while distributing the keys to the cooperative members, reiterated his commitment to an all-inclusive welfare package for personnel to enhance effective livelihood and sustainability.
He noted that the housing deficit was a challenge for both officers and men of the corps and assured that more avenues would be explored to make available affordable houses to personnel. The CG admonished the beneficiaries to maximize the opportunities of owning houses of their own by doubling their efforts in their service to the nation.
Audi also performed a groundbreaking and foundation-laying ceremony of another 102 additional units of two and three-bedroom flats in Good Homes Estate in the Kuje area of the FCT. The NSCDC Cooperative Society President, Assistant-Commandant Isa Yusuf, said that the house acquisition was in pursuance of the CG’s charge of a better housing scheme for personnel.
Yusuf said that the cooperative executives would continue to work hard to adopt a more robust approach that would bring about more comfortable and affordable houses for its members with the best available equity.