The Kwara State government has decided to sell government- owned residential buildings occupied by civil servants in the state.

Head of Service (HoS), Mohammed Dabarako, gave this hint while briefing journalists on the resolutions reached at the weekly meeting of the State Executive Council. He said the buildings would be sold to civil servants in the state.

Where civil servants could not buy the houses after three months, however, Dabarako said such houses would thereafter be offered to interested members of the public.

He said in this case the buyers would buy the property at a higher price than the subsidised one meant for civil servants.

According to him, the buildings were about 120 in number on which government hoped to generate about N800 million from their sales.

However, the HoS said that buildings that are within hospital and school premises which he said might be easier to sell because of the purposes they serve, might be spared.

The policy, which was inherited and sustained from ex-governor Bukola Saraki has of late generated strong distaste from the people.