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Karu Local Government Council in Nasarawa State, in collaboration with G Code Global Services Ltd., has commenced a comprehensive street naming and house numbering project for effective urban planning

Mr Gaza Auta, the CEO of the company, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Karu.

According to him, the initiative aimed at improving urban planning, service delivery, and emergency response across the local government area.

He said that the project is focused on establishing a standardised addressing system, as well as helping residents, visitors, and service providers to locate addresses easily.

“It will enhance service delivery; improve delivery of utility services, postal systems and government interventions.

“The objective of the project also is to support urban development, provide data to support town planning, infrastructure, and future growth, ” he said.

He said that the role of G Code Global is mapping and data collection that would carry out surveys and create digital maps of communities.

“Naming and numbering is to assign culturally appropriate street names and numbers in consultation with stakeholders.

“Community engagement; educating and involving the community to ensure acceptance and sustainability of the system.

“Community participation is allowed, residents are encouraged to suggest names for streets, verify house and street details and update documents with the new standardised address,” he said.

“They will also benefit faster in emergency responses, attraction of investments and businesses, and organised data-driven development for Karu.

He said that the exercise which is the second phase of the project started in February and will be on for the next three years. (NAN) 

Edited by Joseph Edeh