THE TRUTH BEHIND PRESIDENT BUHARI’S ESTATE IN OGUN STATE

Ogun state government constructs new estate in Abeokuta – The estate was named after Buhari during his visit to the state.

A huge estate under the construction named after President Muhammadu Buhari was recently found in Oke Mosan area of Ogun state.

Big letters in traditional Nigerian colours reads The ‘President Muhammadu Buhari Estate’.

Many Nigerians immediately criticized President Buhari for building the estate for himself.

While some said that it’s the Photoshop, others supposed that the president has already looted some money.

However, Naij investigation shows that, this estate was only named by Buhari to honour the leader of the nation.

Bayo Adeyemi, the special adviser on housing in the state, while being asked about the concept behind this project, said:

“That project was called Three Hills because of the hilly nature of the site. What the state is trying to do through the Ministry of Housing is to provide site & services. What we are doing there is what you can find anywhere in the world.

We are doing the infrastructures. We are providing the road, well laid out, drainages, street light and it is even going to be fenced. It is a very dear project to the heart of the state governor. He is the one driving that project, with the ministry.”

The project is targeted at the medium and the high class.

“It is going to be laid in zones. It is going to come in per square metres. So the number space you want to buy will determine the price,” he further explains.

“The Three Hills estate is our major project. It will have various sizes of plots, but all are within the range of 625sq metre and 1,800sq metres. We have 1,200sq metres. We have 1,500sq metres. Right now we are on Phase 1, which is 45 hectares and like you must have heard it is a complete estate whereby everything is provided, all the services, the road network, drainages, electricity, the waste treatments, power supply all will be provided. So, whoever goes in there will be comfortable.

“There are schools and business centres and a business district. Everything is provided. The construction work at the Three Hills will see some villagers displaced. The governor has been kind enough to provide a resettlement scheme for them already. It has been completed for them. It is just a matter of doing the needful.”

Buhari visited Ogun state for its 40th anniversary.

As part of the visit, the Three Hills Estate, has been named after the president.

However, the project meant for development of the housing in the state.

The other projects inaugurated by the leader of the nation so far in Abeokuta were the Itoku-Sapon flyover named Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti Flyover, Ultra-modern market at Sapon, the partially completed ultra-modern market, Omida.