Rivers State governor Siminalayi Fubara just handed out keys for a huge new housing development called Greater TAF City. This is phase one of a project along the Obirikwere-Airport Road, built with a company named TAF Africa Global Limited. The whole idea is to stop cramming everyone into Port Harcourt. Fubara says he wants to spread development out, create new economic zones, and basically stop Rivers from being a one-city state. He tied the project to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's wider housing goals, mentioning a separate federal plan for a thousand Renewed Hope Housing Estate units on the same land. The governor's own wild target is twenty thousand total homes, claiming it would end the state's housing issues. He also made a direct link between having a place to live and lower crime rates, arguing that people steal less when their basic needs are met.
Getting this thing built was apparently a nightmare. Fubara revealed the project faced over ninety legal challenges from people disputing land ownership, which he called a deliberate attempt to kill the vision. The land was originally acquired under a previous government through the Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority. The governor told everyone who got a plot to start building immediately to help the area grow. The managing director of TAF Africa Global, Mustapha Njie, thanked Fubara for the support since the groundbreaking two years ago. He described Greater TAF City as a massive planned community on a thousand hectares, with houses from two-bedroom bungalows to four-bedroom duplexes. It has its own power mix with solar, water systems, paved roads, and parks.
Njie also dropped that the project's public-private partnership model won an award from the African Union for Housing Finance, calling it the most innovative in Africa. He framed this first batch of a thousand homes as just the start, a foundation for future businesses and families. The broader goal is to transition Rivers into a high-income state by decongesting the main city and forcing growth into new corridors, with this housing project acting as a major catalyst.
Getting this thing built was apparently a nightmare. Fubara revealed the project faced over ninety legal challenges from people disputing land ownership, which he called a deliberate attempt to kill the vision. The land was originally acquired under a previous government through the Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority. The governor told everyone who got a plot to start building immediately to help the area grow. The managing director of TAF Africa Global, Mustapha Njie, thanked Fubara for the support since the groundbreaking two years ago. He described Greater TAF City as a massive planned community on a thousand hectares, with houses from two-bedroom bungalows to four-bedroom duplexes. It has its own power mix with solar, water systems, paved roads, and parks.
Njie also dropped that the project's public-private partnership model won an award from the African Union for Housing Finance, calling it the most innovative in Africa. He framed this first batch of a thousand homes as just the start, a foundation for future businesses and families. The broader goal is to transition Rivers into a high-income state by decongesting the main city and forcing growth into new corridors, with this housing project acting as a major catalyst.
