Nigeria - 1992 - Infrastructure and Construction

Nigerian Urban and Regional Planning Act 1992.

Ministry of Infrastructure, Nigeria

This Act provides for physical and development planning in Nigeria and the protection of environment from development. It establishes the Development Control Department and the Urban and Regional Planning Tribunal. It also requires, for the initiation, preparation and implementation of the National physical development plans, the Federal, State and Local governments to establish and maintain respectively: (a) a National Urban and Regional Planning Commission; (b) a state urban and regional planning board in each of the states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; and (c) a local planning authority in each of the local government areas and the area councils of the Federation.

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Nigerian Urban and Regional Planning Act 1992. Current Version

January 2022

This Act provides for physical and development planning in Nigeria and the protection of environment from development. It establishes the Development Control Department and the Urban and Regional Planning Tribunal. It also requires, for the initiation, preparation and implementation of the National physical development plans, the Federal, State and Local governments to establish and maintain respectively: (a) a National Urban and Regional Planning Commission; (b) a state urban and regional planning board in each of the states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; and (c) a local planning authority in each of the local government areas and the area councils of the Federation.

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