The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), has disclosed that Nigeria needed a defined physical development plan to guide infrastructure development across the country.
The former Chairman of Lagos branch of the institute, Mr.
Makinde Ogunleye, also identified lack of a defined national physical development plan as a major hindrance to economic development.
According to him, a development/project plan gives an overview of what is being required to embark on particular project and how to execute it in order to have good results.
He claimed that governments had approved projects that had no feasibility study on how or when to be executed, due to lack of the plan.
He urged establishment of a functional regional plan at the local government level, sub-regional plan at the state level, and a master plan for cities.
Ogunleye said that the plans would foster economic development of the country.
“A physical national development plan will reveal the region of the country suitable for what purpose.
“Development plan provides directives on what are needed for a project and even the best time of the season to carry it out.
“A defined project plan is grossly lacking in our administrative system, and that is the major reason it became difficult for the government to execute and accomplish given projects,” he said.
