Audit of Physical Planning and Building Control Laws in Nigerian States

This paper discusses the audit of physical planning and building control laws in various states of Nigeria, highlighting the responses and status of laws in different states. It covers the importance of effective laws in regulating construction activities, population growth impact, and the delegation of development control powers to states. The analysis includes details on states with updated laws and the varying responses concerning building control regulations.

• Physical planning
• Building control laws
• Nigerian states
• Construction regulations
• Development control

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1. AN AUDIT OF PHYSICAL PLANNING AND BUILDING CONTROL LAWS IN STATES OF NIGERIA.

2. A PAPER DELIVERED AT THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF BUILDING NATIONAL WORKSHOP, MCPD 2022, THEME: PHYSICAL PLANNING BUILDING CONTROL LAWS AND SUSTAINABLE HOUSING/BUILDING PROJECT DELIVERY IN NIGERIAN WEDNESDAY 18TH THURSDAY 19THMAY, 2022 VIA ZOOM BY M. Dada, N. D. Usman, S. M. Soji, C. A. Balami Department of Building, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Lagos, Modibbo Adama University Yola, Nigerian Army University Biu

3. INTRODUCTION Auditing Population growth Increased in construction activities Effective and Efficient

4. PHYSICAL PLANNING T0wn planning Physical planning regulation Building Control law Supreme court ruling Nigerian Urban and Regional Planning Decree N0 88 1992 The power of Development control has been delegated to states of the federation

5. 1. State with developmental control, Building control or urban planning laws Table 1: Responses from States Number of responses Responded 29 Yes 24 No 5 Others 7

6. Latest version of the laws passed The following states have an updated version of laws passed Delta State Jigawa State Ogun State Lagos State and the FCT

7. ANNALYSIS OF THE REPONSES FROM VARIOUS STATES S/NO STATES G H J M N O 1 ABIA YES YES YES NO 2 ADAMAWA YES 2010 YES YES YES YES 3 AKWA IBOM YES 1988 NO 4 ANAMBARA NO RESPONSE NO 5 BAUCHI NO NO NO NO YES 6 BAYELSA NO RESPONSE NO

8. 7 BENUE NO RESPONSE NO 8 BORNO NO RESPONSE NO 9 CROSS RIVER YES NO NO 10 DELTA YES 2021 NO NO NO 11 EBONYI YES NO NO 12 EDO YES 2014 NO NO 13 EKITI NO YES YES NO 14 ENUGU YES MANY YRS A GO NO NO 15 GOMBE NO RESPONSE NO 16 IMO NO NO NO

9. 17 JIGAWA YES 2019 YES NO 18 KADAUNA NO RESPONSE NO 19 KANO YES YES NO NO 20 KATSINA YES NO 21 KEBBI YES 1999 YES YES 22 KOGI NO RESPONSE NO 23 KWARA YES YES YES YES 24 LAGOS YES YES YES YES YES 25 NASARAWA NO NO NO 26 NIGER NO YES NO 27 OGUN YES 2021 YES YES YES

10. 28 ONDO NO RESPONSE NO 29 OSUN NO REPONSE NO 30 OYO YES NO NO 31 PLATEAU NO NO NO 32 RIVERS YES 2003 NO NO 33 SOKOTO YES NO NO NO 34 TARABA YES NO NO NO 35 YOBE YES YES NO 36 ZAMFARA NO RESPONSE NO 37 FCT YES YES YES YES YES

11. LEGEND: G =Does your state have any development control, building control or urban planning law? H =When was the latest version of the law passed? J =Does your state have any development control, building control or urban planning regulations? M =Do the law and or regulations in your state have minimum conditions as in the National Building Code? [Builders Documents (Construction Programme, Project Health and Safety Plan, Project Quality Management Plan) as part of contract documents] N =Do the law and or regulations in your state have minimum conditions as in the National Building Code? [CORBON registered builder being the sole professional recognised and responsible for the management of site execution of building works and supervision of artisans] O =Do the law and or regulations in your state have minimum conditions as in the National Building Code? [The law or regulation recognise the need for and made provision for buildability and maintainability analyses].

12. A Summary of the names of the laws in various states State physical planning law KwaraState, Rivers State Urban and Regional Development planning law Adamawa State, Kano State, Taraba State, Kebbi State, Katsina State, Cross Rivers State Capital territory Development and Urban Regional law Ebonyi State Space Standards for physical development Oyo State Edict law No 13 of 1988 Akwa Ibom State Building production law 2022 Ogun State Northern Region Urban planning law Sokoto State Building monitoring law Kano state Due process Jigawa State

13. The following states have laws and regulations that meets the conditions as contained inthe National Building code KwaraState OgunState LagosState FCT BauchiState AdamawaState

14. States that have provisions for Builders in Construction Methodology for Building works Lagos State FCT KwaraState AbiaState Ogun State Adamawa State Kano State

15. States that have provisions for letter of undertaking to be written by Builder AdamawaState JigawaState LagosState FCT KanoState

16. Challenges of getting a building control laws in your state Political interest Developmental controlunitnotheaded by builder Lawofinterest by the legislators Lackofawareness Neglect bystate governments

17. Implementation Challenges Political interference Lackofprofessionals inthe controlunits Lackofinvolvement ofprofessionals inthe implementation Lackofsynergy amongstthe professionals Lackoflegislation

18. States that Use Stage Certification Forms FCT LagosState KwaraState ImoState OgunState JigawaState

19. Improvements to Building Control Regulations Advocacyandsensitization by regulatorybodies e.gCORBON Enact and enforcement of physical planning laws in all the states of the federation Synergyamongthe professionals Improvepublic awareness Enforcementofthe National BuildingCode All Built professionals andtheGovernmentshouldensure compliance.

21. CONCLUSION In conclusion from the findings of the study, auditing of physical planning and building control laws is vital. As the performance will be checkmated to ensure smooth running of development control units. The need for amendment of existing laws as well as enlightenment has to be done for states who haven t implement the physical planning law and, to ensure health and safety of lives and properties.