The President of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, Olutoyin Ayinde in his statement has blamed the incessant building collapse on the federal government’s poor planning.
This is according to his comment during the inauguration ceremony of the Ogun State branch of the Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON), in Abeokuta held recently.
In his statement, he reiterated and said the Nigerian government lacked an understanding of what town planning was all about. The urban planner said the federal government must fund planning and its implementation to guarantee reasonable physical development in Nigeria.