Depositors of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) have cried out to the relevant authorities to fast-track the release of their houses to reduce their burden of rent payment in the FCT.
They have consequently appealed to President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to beam his administrative light on the authorities concerned in order to salvage them from the unbearable housing problems.
Some of the depositors claimed to have completed their deposits and have been waiting endlessly for the handing over of their houses without positive response on sight.
The contributors in a save our souls statement, signed by Abubakr Mohammed on behalf of others, ‘titled Non Delivery of Housing Units at Luxiar Estate, Life Camp said they have paid through the by Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN).
The statement made available to Journalists in Abuja, said about 100 subscribers have completed payment for their units ever since, but have not been given their allocations to ease their accommodation problems.
According to them, “We are left at the mercy of the Abuja land lords to pay the cutthroat rents. Some of us borrowed this money to deposit believing that as federal government agency we were going to be treated fairly without knowing that our hopes will be hanging in the balance for this long”.
“It is unbelievable to know that some of us finished payment between late last year and up till now no reasonable reasons have been offered to us for the delay,” the letter stated.
“Our finding has revealed that work at the site have stopped since February 2024. Federal Mortgage Bank keeps promising us (subscribers) and blaming the contractor for not delivering the houses. Does It mean that the contractors are bigger than the bank?”. The statement questioned.