ATOPCON Ex-President Wants Defined National Dev Plan

Former President, Asso
ciation of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON), Mr Moses Ogunleye,  has called for a defined development plan to guide successive administrations in the execution of projects.
Ogunleye, who made the call in an interview with newsmen in Lagos, said that the plan would hasten the country’s development.
He said that lack of continuity of most projects by successive administration was the bane of economic growth and development of the country.
According to him, lack of a laid down development plan in the administrative system is responsible for low infrastructural development.
The ATOPCON ex-boss said that successive government at all levels had approved a lot of projects that had no feasibility study on how or when they would be executed.
“A development project plan gives an overview of what the government plans to achieve what is required to achieve it and within what period.
“A defined development plan will guide the government on how to easily execute projects.
“And successive administration should be able to continue such projects started by a previous government having known the nation’s development plan direction.
“But a defined development plan is lacking in the nation’s administrative system and that is the reason it has become difficult for the government to execute or accomplish given projects,” he said.
He stressed the need for successive government to accomplish projects started by the previous administration, adding that it was the only way significant development could be achieved.
“Through a project plan, the government would be able to announce a project and predict a stipulated period of time it will be accomplished.
“With this, the citizens will know about the project and be able to approach the incumbent government in case the previous government failed to accomplish it within its tenure,” he said.
Ogunleye further urged the Federal Government to privatise virtually all sectors of the economy to enhance economic growth and development.