The Kwara State ministry of lands and housing has signed an arrangement with private investors and developers to construct housing estates around the three campuses of the newly established Kwara State University (KWASU).

Daily Trust reports Dr Abubakar Adebayo Ishola, commissioner for lands and housing also revealed that the state government has built, allocated and sold 600 units of houses in the Mandate I, Mandate II and Mandate III housing schemes.

According to the commissioner, these are in addition to the Harmony Estate, Royal Valley Estate and other on-going housing projects.

He added that new housing estates are also in the pipeline as part of the state's public private partnership initiative.