DEVELOPMENTAL STRIDES OF GOVERNOR SULLIVAN CHIME’S ADMINISTRATION IN ENUGU STATE: HOUSING DEVELOPMENT [By Afam Okereke]

In the area of housing, the administration established more than seven Housing Estates in parts of Nsukka and Enugu the state capital, some in partnership with Private Estate Developers.  They included the 101 executive duplexes at the Coal City Garden Estate, the 324 2-bedroom flats at Marry-land Estate, the 144 2 and 3 bedroom semi-detached housing units at Goshen Housing Estate.  Others are the 48 housing units at the Jubilee Estate, the 40 units of self contained bungalows at the RCC Housing Estate, the Hill Crest, Ekulu East and Liberty Estate all in Enugu and the Obukpa Layout Housing Estate at Nsukka. Above all, Enugu State Civil Servants are participating in the National Housing Fund programme aimed at assisting workers to own houses in the state.