Tag Archives: Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP)

The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) has appealed to the Ondo State Government to domesticate the Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2004 for effective development of the state. Toyin Ayinde, National President of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) and erstwhile Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning & Urban Development Mr Olutoyin Ayinde, the National President of NITP, ...

Otunba Remi Makinde, the 11th president of the Nigeran Institute of Town Planners (NITP), has passed on. Otunba Remi Makinde Makinde, 81, died in the early hours of Sunday, April 25, 2021 after a brief illness. The deceased, who headed the NITP between 1994 and 1996, was a leading light in the practice of the town planning profession. Born in ...

The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako, on Thursday, April 8, 2021 advised town planners to eliminate quacks from the sector to ensure a well built environment. The newly inaugurated Chairman of NTIP Lagos Chapter, Mr Ayo Adejumo, his wife and other past Chairmen at the investiture of Adejumo as the 17th Chairman and ...

The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 appealed to state governments for domestication of the regional and urban planning law 2004 for better urban and regional plans for the country. Mr Olutoyin Ayinde, National President, Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) Mr Olutoyin Ayinde, National President, NITP, made the appeal at a one-day leadership retreat ...

The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has urged members of the Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP) to tackle the consequences of rapid urbanisation in most cities across the country. Dr Ramatu Aliyu Mr Austine Elemue, Special Assistant on Media to the minister in a statement on Sunday, January 31, 2021, said Aliyu made the call during the 13th ...

Chairman of Kogi State chapter of the Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Dr Adams Baba, has appealed to the State Government to gazette the domesticated Nigerian Urban and Regional Planning Law of 1992. Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State Baba, who made the appeal during the 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Celebration of World Town Planning Day (WTPD) ...

The Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria (TOPREC) has tasked its 14 newly inducted professional members to improve on the existing town planning regulations and practices in the country. Isyaku Kura, President of the Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria (TOPREC) The Council’s President, Mr Isyaku Kura, gave the charge on Monday, August 17, 2020 in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, at ...

The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) has urged the Imo State Government to engage professionals in the panel of enquiry investigating the April 30 building collapse in the state. President of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Chief Lekwa Ezutah Chief Lekwa Ezutah, National President of the NITP, made the call in a statement on Monday, May 4, ...

Bothered by the fact that Nigerian cities may have failed to provide for and promote an environment sustainable for living, work and recreation, settlement development practitioners have taken up a campaign to address the unsavoury situation. Under the aegis of their umbrella association – the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), the city planners are using the occasion of their ...

Do you wish to become a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP)? Well, you may need to do some bracing up as it will no longer be business as usual, following a review recently in Abuja of the guidelines for selection to the “prestigious group”. The review was one of several activities at a week-long retreat organised ...