The city of many first

Ibadan city master plan won’t lead
to demolition – Oyo Govt


Oyo State Government has allayed fears of the people
of the state over the proposed Ibadan City Master plan
set to be unveiled by next month.
The government said that the plan is a guide towards
the physical development of Ibadan and to prevent
flooding and not a demolition exercise.



Special Adviser to Governor Abiola Ajimobi on
Physical Planning and Urban Development, Alhaji
Waheed Gbadamosi while addressing journalists on
Tuesday explained that the ongoing development of
Ibadan City Master Plan is to provide direction for
future expansion and identify key development
opportunities, noting that the, “Master Plan is to guide
growth and support development and not urban
renewal. So, there won’t be any form of demolition. It
is not a document that promotes or recommends
demolition.”


Gbadamosi said that the traditional architecture and
cultural landscape of the city will still be maintained.
“We are not going to tamper with the traditional
homesteads and cultural landscape that typifies and
beautifies the city. There won’t be demolition and we
will stick with that. The aim of the Ibadan City
Masterplan is to plan for the next 20 years while the
vision is that: by 2036, Ibadan and its wider region will
be a model sustainable and resilient city where
development addresses the population’s needs, with
thriving employment, providing a high quality of life
for all.”


He added that the Ajimobi Government set up the
IBADAN URBAN FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROJECT
(IUFMP) with the assistance of the WORLD BANK
(WB) to prepare a master plan for Ibadan to ensure
coordinated physical growth, improved socio-
economic development, noting that the existing
structures in place makes the city of Ibadan
vulnerable to natural disasters such as flooding as
witnessed on August 26th, 2011 in which many lives
and properties were lost.

“The resultant effects of this lack of robust planning,
are manifested in the existing poor roads and
drainage networks, in challenges of inaccessibility and
in mismatched land uses. Other effects of the
absence of a masterplan are the existence of slums
and urban squalor, inadequate provision of social
amenities/facilities like potable water supply,
electricity, schools, health facilities and poor solid
waste management.”


He assured that the present administration in the state
will institutionalize the Master Plan to ensure that the
coming administrations key into it, adding that the
master plan will go to the state House of Assembly
for proper legislation and once it becomes a law,
every administration will follow suit.


“The objectives of the Master Plan is to prevent
flooding and mitigate any flooding impact caused to
the settlement areas; to protect, manage and enhance
the natural environment to improve connectivity and
integrate with the emerging transport developments
and to promote the city’s economy and attract
investment and to meet the social needs and
requirements of the existing and future population.
“Others to provide adequate utility infrastructure for
the existing and future population; to protect and
promote the culture and heritage of the city; to
enhance quality of life for all and to provide sound
planning framework for efficient delivery and
implementation.


“The spatial vision of the Ibadan City Master Plan is
also underpinned by a set of principles which has
informed all stages of the Master Plan development
and implementation. The principles framing the vision
are Sustainable City, Connected City, Cultural City,
Resilient City, Green City and the Enterprising City,”
Alhaji Gbadamosi expatiated.

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Kudos to you guys..

My Ondo state still needs plenty of catching up to do.

I will love to settle in Ibadan though. Lovely city without the rowdiness of Lagos yet still has everything you can get in Lagos..

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Majority of these pictures has been recycled from previous topics. Anyways, what is the poverty and the literacy rate in Ibadan? I am more concern about that than a selective glorified pictures which aren't impressive in the first place.

Btw, majority of nigerian houses are boring and generic.

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