Africa-Press – Namibia. OHANGWENA has committed itself to making land available for housing purposes.
The Eenhana Town Council has serviced 420 low-cost plots with electricity at Ekolola (Extension 10 and 11) to the tune of N$5.6 million during the financial year 2021/22.
This was stated by Regional Governor Walde Ndevashiya during his State of the Region Address (SORA) on Wednesday at Eenhana.
Ndevashiya stated that as part of addressing the housing backlog a total of 72 housing projects were carried out through Public Private Partnerships during the period under review.
Thirty 30 houses were constructed at Omhito Extension 6 by Eenhana United Construction to the value of N$27 million,
Seventeen houses were constructed at Eenhana Extension 6 by Formosa Islands to the value of N$12.4 million.
“Fourteen houses were constructed at Omhito Proper by Eenhana Town Council in partnership with the Development Bank of Namibia Project, at the value of N$9.1 million and eight houses have been constructed at Omhito Extensions 2 and 3 by Greywall Properties to the tune of N$3.8 million,” he said.
During the period under review, seven individual high and low-cost houses were also constructed at Eenhana Proper and Eenhana Extension 2 and 3 respectively at an estimated value of N$2.4 million.
“This brings the total number of the houses constructed in Eenhana during the period starting June 2021 to May 2022 to 78 houses, with a combined value of about N$54 530 000,” he added.
Ndevashiya indicated that Council will avail more than 380 plots for allocation at Ekolola. “This will go a long way in addressing the pressing need for housing in Eenhana.”
He said with Ongha recently being proclaimed as a settlement, a total of 2 424 plots are currently being surveyed at Ongha Proper and Extensions 1 and 2 to the tune of N$3 million.
“During the 2021/2022 financial year, the Region received 112 applications for resettlement purposes and only one applicant was successfully resettled,” he said, adding that this is a cause for great concern to the Regional leadership, as the number of applicants in need of resettlement keeps rising every year.
Ndevashiya said the Region has also registered a high number of Customary Land Rights totalling 1 355.
Of those, ten people applied for the right of leasehold and 19 applied for occupational land rights. In total, 1 384 land rights were registered.
At Ohangwena Proper, 104 plots have been fully serviced with complete sewer reticulation.
Thirty-one business plots with sewer reticulation have been serviced in Ohangwena proper business area, whereas construction of an Open Market is at an advanced stage.
In addition, a total of 204 plots were fully serviced at Engela-Omafo Extension 3.
Ndevashiya indicated that the Helao Nafidi Town Council has implemented six infrastructure projects ranging from sewerage reticulations, roads upgrading to bitumen and maintenance of gravel roads for close to N$15.2 million
The Okongo Village Council completed Phase 2 of the electrification of Extension 1, as well as Phase 4 of the gravelling of roads in Extension 2. Phase 1 of the construction of the Open Market to the tune of N$4 million is still ongoing.
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