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.

IF-K     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Offa Descendants Union     Labour Party     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Rafiu Ajakaye     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Oke-Ogun     Sun Qing Rong     Muritala Olarewaju     Face Masks     Aso Ofi     Olupako Of Share     Dankaka     Mohammed Saidu     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Student Learning Support Helpline     Millennium Development Goals     Suleman Abubakar     Wasiu Odewale     Bola Olukoju     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Nurudeen Mohammed     08001000100     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Atiku     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Aminu Adisa Logun     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Aliyu Alhassan     Waheed Ibrahim     Olabode Towoju     United Nigeria Airline     Lawan     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Kale Belgore     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Usman Alkali Baba     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Amule Elementary School     Noah Yusuf     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Manzuma     Funmilayo Mohammed     Edret Sabi Abel     Yakub Ali-Agan     Magaji Are     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     John Dara     Memunat Monsuma     Peter Amogbonjaye     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Funke Adedoyin     Bankole Omisore     Asa     Demola Banu     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Saadu Alanamu     Adesina Simon Sodiya     April 11     Government House     Yetunde Balogun     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     NYSC     Biliaminu Aliu     Omoniyi     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Olusola Saraki     Ilorin Innovation Hub    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ilorin Like-Minds     Kehinde Baale     Christopher Ayeni     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Moshood Bakare     Omu-aran     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Adamu B. Yaqubu     NIPR     Minister     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Yoonus Lawal     Gaa Olobi     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Omar Gambari     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Tunji Olawuyi     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Wole Oke     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Cassava Growers\' Association     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Yinka Aluko     Government High School Adeta     Mohammed Ibrahim     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Shettima Of Ilorin     Olosi Of Osi     David Oyedepo     Bola Tinubu     Maigidasanma     Ilorin Curfew     SWAN     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Abdulkareem Alabi     Gobirawa     Amos Sayo     Abdulquawiy Olododo     International Vocational Centre     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Kolawole Akande     Siraj Oyewale     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Kishira     Sherif Shagaya     Babaloja-General     Sidikat Alaya     Bond     Ojo Fadumila     Olatunde Olukoya     Rihanat Ajia     Kaosarah Adeyi     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Olatunji Ibrahim     Wale Oladepo     Segun Olawoyin     Elerinjare     Rafiu Olasile     Kayode Yusuf     Tunde Oyawoye     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Share/Tsaragi     Yusuf Ali     Guber Aspirant     Henry Olaosebikan     Saka Keji     Dele Momodu     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Usman Yunusa     Elewu     Jimoh Bashir     Women Radio