President of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Olutoyin Ayinde, has berated the Federal Government over its lack of funding for the implementation of town planning policies. He said the country lacks adequate town planning and its proper understanding, adding that these contribute to the increasing spate of building collapses across the country. Ayinde stated this during the inauguration ceremony of the Ogun State branch of the Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON), in Abeokuta on Thursday. He added that reasonable physical development in Nigeria can only be gotten if there is proper funding and implementation. So, we must be joking as a nation if we are not funding planning because the alternative to planning is chaos which is what we live in.

Source: Nigerian Tribune September 01, 2022 23:13 UTC