Abstract

The study assesses “The Role of F.C.D.A in the transformation of F.C.T (2007-2010)”. The concept of Abuja as a befitting Federal Capital Territory, centrally located and without the defects of Lagos was spawned in 1975. This resulted in the convocation of the late Justice Akinola Aguda Panel whose recommendations led to the operationalization of Abuja as Nigeria Federal Capital Territory.

The mandate of the Federal Capital Development Agency (FCDA) is to oversee the infrastructural and physical development (planning, design and construction) of the new Federal Capital. The sample size used in the course of study is made up of fifty (50) questionnaires distributed among the workers of F.C.D.A, Abuja, forty eight were returned while two (2) were not returned, making it a total of forty-eight (48).

Data were analyzed in tabular form using the simple percentage formula and simple regression analysis was used to test hypotheses. The research findings show that F.C.D.A has really worked so hard in the transformation of F.C.T from a period of 2007-2010. This is due to the fact that the Minister of F.C.T, and workers alike worked meticulously in achieving this feat.

The paper concludes by suggesting pragmatic strategies for achieving an integrated and ecologically balanced environment - a Sustainable Abuja City.

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TITLE PAGE
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER FOUR:PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

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Introduction

Growth and development in Nigerian urban areas have been generally unplanned and haphazard. The failure of government to provide basic infrastructure, to plan for imminent growth and expansion, to implement development plans strictly, and to enforce development control has resulted in gross degradation of the environment.

Given the prevalence of poverty, there has been a steady yet unchecked influx of rural migrants to the urban areas, thus leading to an increase in urban population without the institutional and infrastructure framework to bear the resultant effects. Lagos, the erstwhile federal capital, which has expanded beyond its natural boundaries, is a typical example of this phenomenon.

Lagos as a federal capital suffered several drawbacks that made its continued existence as Nigeria's capital untenable. Reasons for this include: inadequate land for expansion, urban crises, lack of proper cosmopolitan orientation, lack of locational centrality and urban congestion. This led to the quest for a new national capital.

An assessment of the role of F.C.D.A in the transformation of F.C.T (2007 - 2010)

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Introduction