Security tops agenda at town planners’ confab

The theme for this year is ‘Land use Planning and National Security’ and President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is expected to be the special guest of honour while Vice President Arc. Namadi Sambo will be the guest of honour.National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki  is to deliver the opening remark while the  Inspector General of […]

The theme for this year is ‘Land use Planning and National Security’ and President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is expected to be the special guest of honour while Vice President Arc. Namadi Sambo will be the guest of honour.
National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki  is to deliver the opening remark while the  Inspector General of Police and Chief of Army Staff are expected to be guests at the confab.  
A statement from the organizers of the event said insecurity has become a major challenge to the extent that the comfort of living, working and recreating in safety is eluding the average resident of all categories of human settlement in Nigeria. “It seems to pervade and generate ripple effects on several aspects of the life of the nation extending from human lives to properties, food, politics, health and morals. The impact of the security situation in the country can be visibly felt in the way people have now chosen to build and organize their physical environments with high fence walls, blocked streets leading to general distortion of the plans of cities, transportation and communication network, etc. This has tremendous impact on the environmental disposition, national economy and personal psyche of residents of urban and rural areas within the country. It therefore behooves planners to consider appropriate physical planning measures to minimize these challenges,” the statement said.          
The goal of the national conference is to take an overview of the security challenges facing the country with a view to exploring the application of physical planning strategies to minimize them and there by facilitate growth and development in various aspects of our national life.