Ekiti, UN partner to enhance urban development, housing

The United Nations Habitat Technical Support to Ekiti State, Akintobi Olusanmi, has announced that the organisation is collaborating with the Ekiti State Government to enhance urban development and housing, as well as link housing with tourism in the state.

Olusanmi, who also serves as Special Adviser to the Ekiti State Governor on Land Matters, spoke in Ado-Ekiti on Monday during an Institutional Capacity Support Workshop on Public-Private Participation in Urban Development, organised by the government in collaboration with UN-Habitat.

He said, “The urban development initiative, a collaboration between the Ekiti State Government and UN-Habitat, aims to develop a state-of-the-art urban observatory to monitor development progress, implement a landmass development project to address housing shortages, introduce a waste management system to mitigate environmental impact, and foster public-private partnerships to boost infrastructure development.”

Olusanmi, who reiterated the need for private sector engagement in the state’s urbanisation and housing development drive, said the Ekiti government had launched a public-private partnership initiative to “harness private sector expertise and resources to enhance urban development and housing, and link housing with tourism in the state.”