Kano Assembly approves new urban planning law

The Kano State House of Assembly has passed the Kano State Physical Planning and Development Control Bill, 2026, paving the mode for the dissolution of the Kano State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KNUPDA).

The measure was passed on Tuesday after lawmakers considered it astatine the Committee of the Whole, pursuing its 2nd and 3rd readings during plenary presided implicit by the Speaker, Jibril Ismail Falgore.

Speaking to journalists aft the sitting, the Majority Leader of the House and subordinate representing Dala Constituency, Lawan Hussaini, said the caller instrumentality establishes 2 metropolitan improvement agencies to oversee carnal readying and municipality improvement crossed the state.

According to him, the agencies volition run nether the supervision of the Kano State Ministry of Land and Physical Planning and volition presume each the responsibilities antecedently handled by KNUPDA.

“The caller agencies volition modulate carnal development, assistance gathering approvals, oversee municipality renewal, transportation retired metropolis readying and guarantee compliance with biology and readying regulations,” Hussaini said.

He explained that anyone readying to conception a caller gathering oregon redevelop an existing 1 indispensable get support from the recently established agencies bef...