HOUSING SCHEME FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS


A housing scheme is being developed by the national government for public officers.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said more than a thousand houses will be constructed for public officers and the government is contemplating funds from the International Finance Cooperation, IFC.

Prime Minister Sogavare says while in Tuvalu, he has held talks with the IFC group and the public housing scheme was one of the issues discussed.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare (Photo: GCU)

"We are connecting the loop holes now. The financing aspect of it, if it come's from IFC it will be very interesting. We already have an investor coming here to construct the more than 1000 houses for public officers", Sogavare said.

Sogavare was speaking to journalists upon his arrival from Tuvalu.

Since 2014 there has been a nine percent growth in the recruitment of public officers.

Currently, almost 20 thousand officers are employed by the Government - stationed throughout the country.

Most of the officers receive housing allowances from government while only a fraction of the number is housed by government.

Apart from the housing scheme, Bina harbor and an assessment of the Western tourism industry are other areas which the Prime Minister has discussed with IFC.

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