Kwara State Government Unveils Ilorin Master City Plan and Smart City Project

Date: 2024-05-30

According to a news report from Daily Trust, the Kwara State government on Wednesday launched the Ilorin Master City Plan and Ilorin Smart City project.

This significant development comes 48 years after the initial master plan for Ilorin was established. The new satellite cities will be located in Ganmo, Agbabiaka, Oke Oyi, Oke Ose, Eyenkorin, and Oko Olowo, among other areas within the Ilorin South, Ilorin East, and Asa LGAs.

The government stated that once completed, these twin projects are expected to enhance Ilorin's habitability and ensure the city meets contemporary urban planning standards in the face of the climate crisis.

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq described it as a “legacy for those coming after us”.

Speaking at the launch in Il?rin, AbdulRazaq said the first phase of the ambitious smart city covers 11,000 hectares with an estimated N1.72tr funding requirements from public private investments between now (2024) and 2027.

He said to achieve the vision, sacrifices will be made, but they are worth it.

According to him, the state cannot do it alone but planned to run on the back of public private partnership (PPP).

“While the Ilorin City Master Plan has been designed to guide how we live sustainably for the next 40 years, the Smart City is our innovative response to the multidimensional challenges of urban living that now confront Ilorin, including congestion and the associated pressures it brings on the existing infrastructure.

“Designed to host 540,000 residents, the Smart City is a nine-residential district city that is built in compliance with the United Nations prescriptions for urban living. Comprising a business district, an enterprise zone, industrial park, and three commercial districts, among others.

“The city spans 20,000 hectares and features 15% green space provisioning and 50 square metres of green space per individual,” he added.

AbdulRazaq, who is also the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), submitted that “As at this morning, the United Nations World Population Prospects put Ilorin as the third most populous metro area in the entire northern Nigeria, preceded only by Kaduna and Kano in the ascending order.

“Ilorin, according to this data, has had a population growth rate of between 2.53 per cent in 2020 and 3.3 per cent in 2024.”

According to him, “The statistics above are not just mere figures, they have dire consequences for how we live and survive. Population growth has far-reaching social consequences in the area of infrastructural risk, health risk and security risks, among others. We are damned if we do not plan for it.”

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Muhammadu Gobir     Mogaji Aare     Isiaka Danmeromu     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Ajibike Katibi     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Hakeem Idris     Orire     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Ajike People Support Centre     Adedipe     Borgu     Segun Adeniyi     Presidential Election     Ahman Patigi     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Salman Jawondo     CT Ayeni     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Abegunde Goke     Al-Hikmah University     Rotimi Atere     Yakubu Dogara     Tope Daramola     Oyedepo     Kwara State Football Association     IYA ALFA NLA     Hassan Saliu     Najim Yaasin     Lanre Aremu     Niyi Ogundiran     Ibrahim Akaje     Kabir Shagaya     Ilorin South Constituency     Aliyu Salihu     Ayekale     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Grillo     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Yusuf Aiyedun     Durbar     Ileloke     First Lady     KWASIEC     Olabode George Towoju     Jumoke F. Ajao     Temitope Ogunbanke     Ishaq Salman     Jimoh Akani     Segun Ogunsola     Solomon Edoja     Harrison Osauwagboe     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Durbar Festival     Oke-Ogun     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Muritala Awodun     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Tunde Saad     Tafida Of Kaiama     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Oyin-Zubair     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Ayinde Oyepitan     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Okala Baba     Gobir     Park     Eleyele     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Abdullahi Samari     Government High School Adeta     Aiyedun     Olofa Of Offa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mahee Abdulkadir     Ladi Hassan     Tanke Road     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Mubarak Oladosu     Olosi Of Osi     Bello John Olanrewaju     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Aliyu Umar     Hassan Saliu     ER-KANG Mining     Gbugbu International Market     Matthew Okedare     Turaki     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Babaita     Ogbondoroko     Olatunde Michaels     Olabode Towoju     Bashiru Makama     Olatunde Olukoya     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Samari     Ayobami Seriki     Kumbi Titiloye     Shururat Olatinwo     UNILORIN Alumni     Fola Consultant     Musa Alhassan Buge     UNIFEMGA     Baba Issa     Local Government Pension Board     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Adamu Atta     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Patigi Regatta     Esuwoye     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Balogun Ajikobi     Okeose Christian Cementary     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Egbewole     Emir Of Kano     Mike Omotosho     Abegunde Goke     Joseph Daudu     Kazeem Adekanye     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Folaranmi Aro     Amos Sayo     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Gobir Organization Foundation     Memunat Monsuma     Yemi Osinbajo     Bankole Omishore     Habeeb Saidu     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     MATTA Girls Foundation     Olatunji Ayeni     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Admiralty Villa     IQRA College     Unicontinental Construction Company     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Alabere     Ajidagba     Sai Kayi     Moronfoye     Share/Tsaragi     Ibrahim Akaje     Alfa Belgore     Omu-aran     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Hijab