ABUJA: A Galway company is in talks with a regional government in Nigeria to establish a factory there and build up to 5,000 modular homes for a social housing project.
Some of the houses are being proposed for a new “city”, dubbed “Calas Vegas” by local officials, adjacent to the existing state capital of Calabar. The houses would be designed off-site and erected in less than a week each.
Desmond Cullinane, chairman of Affordable Building Concepts International in Oranmore, confirmed his company is in discussions with the administration of Ben Ayade, the governor of Cross River State in southern Nigeria. He declined to give further details, however, as talks are ongoing.
“Nothing has been concluded at this stage. But they came to see what we had to offer and they liked it. It would be a major investment, but nothing is decided yet,” he said.
A spokesman for Mr Ayade also confirmed the discussions, but did not respond to a series of detailed questions about the value and scope of the project, or the timeline for its delivery.
Mr Ayade, who governs an area with a population of about four million, led a trade delegation to Ireland last month, during which he met Mr Cullinane. The Irish businessman visited Nigeria two weeks later to view potential sites and further discuss the proposed deal.
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