ABSTRACT
Urban planning is an important land use management tool that can address urban development challenges, and for achieving some socioeconomic, political and sustainable urbanization goals. Despite the extensive planning reforms since 2000, the urban development challenges in Lagos remain relatively insurmountable. The ministry also benefits from loans and intermittent grants for urban regeneration and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by international organizations. Urban planning is increasingly being utilized as a major tool for confronting urban growth challenges. The institutional response to the challenges of urbanization and planning challenges in Lagos is the planning administrative framework. The regional plan provided an economic and social development framework for the state and established the foundation for the preparation of other urban, metropolitan, district, and local areas plans within Lagos State. An assessment of the budgetary allocation to the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development reveals significant gaps.
