Urban planning experts have called on state governments across the country and Kwara State in particular to develop a well projected master plan for state capitals with appropriate provisions for social infrastructure.

Rising from a Colloquium on road sustainability organised by the Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCE) at the University of Ilorin last Wednesday (May 25, 2016), the scholars called on state governments to create building zones and building types according to location.

In a communique issued at the end of the colloquium and signed by the RCE, Unilorin Focal Person, Prof A. B. Olayemi, the experts said, "In Kwara State for instance, new town development could be projected at the edges of town to serve as satellite towns in places like Ganmo, Amayo, Ogbondoroko, Oke Ose/Oke Oyi, Eiyenkorin, Jimba and Agbabiaka/Idofian extension". They noted that development of housing estate in these and other locations would ease transportation and movement of people to the inner city.

Noting that rapid growth of cities without proper planning has brought about various environmental problems such as traffic congestion or holdups, competition for space, poor packing space, noise pollution, traffic accidents, as well as unsustainable use of infrastructural facilities, they suggested that "there should be land reclamation with appropriate compensations paid instantly, and landfills location should be turned into wealth creation centres".