A Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA Felix Omole has attributed the increasing spate of flooding , building collapse and development of slums and urban decay in the country to lack of adequate planning. He stated this while delivering the 154th inaugural lecture of the university on Tuesday June 6th, 2023. He said market centres, which he described as traditional growth centres , should be configured , through deliberate planning policies and strategies to bring about the spread of development into various regions.
Dwelling on the importance of planning, Omole who spoke on the topic, “Regional Planning and Market Centres: The Fulcrum of Physical Development,” said “when one fails to plan, the repercussion will come, that will make or force him to do the planning. The repercussion could be floods, collapse of building, slum and shanty developments, sprawl development, traffic congestion, conflicting land uses, poor and narrow road, inaccessible buildings, fire outbreaks, gas spillage, untrained children, unemployment, selfishness and greed among others.”
