THE government has allocated 250m/-for the construction of houses for public servants in Itilima District, Simiyu Region in the 2017/18 financial year budget.
Deputy Minister in the President’s
Office, (Regional Administration and Local Government), Mr Suleiman Jafo
told Parliament yesterday that the government is committed to construct
public servants’ houses in various councils across the country.
He said Itimila is one of five districts
that form Simiyu Region and that like in any other district; it faces
various challenges including shortage of houses for public servants.
He said public servants who serve in
Itimila District are forced to stay in Bariadi District and thus travel
33 km every day to their working stations.
He said in 2014/15 the government
allocated 500m/- for the construction of public servants houses and pay
compensation to ‘wananchi’ whose land was occupied by the government for
various development projects.
“So far, four houses are being built in
Itimila for public servants,” he said. Mr Jafo added that in 2016/17 the
government allocated 230m/- for the construction of four houses and
500m/- for the construction of the executive director office.
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