CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE CAPITAL TERRITORY
The Delta Capital Territory lacks modern infrastructure (roads, erosion/drainages, urban utilities, power, water, housing) and poor environmental sanitation/waste management. The Asaba Capital City has since grown exponentially and expanded into the neighboring towns of Okpanam, Ugbolu, and Ibusa. The impact of expansion and urbanization on the Delta Asaba Capital Territory reverberates even to Isselle Uku, Igbodo, Umunede, and Ogwashi Uku. The Capital Territory is the second fastest-growing Capital territory in Nigeria after Abuja FCT, and this growth has come with its own problems.
Successive State Governments have tried to tackle the infrastructural and environmental issues facing the Capital Territory. However, a lot needs to be done to modernize and transform the fast-growing urban Capital Municipality.
THE NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT
The above state of the Delta Capital Territory calls for urgent interventions driven by deep-rooted insights/ideas, policies, programmes, and projects to transform it into a modern, integrated, functioning Municipality.
SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS /BUILDING BLOCKS.
- Review of On-goings in the Capital Territory:
- Urban Master Plan and physical Area mapping of the territory: Planning, new cities and housing projects;
- On-going road construction, maintenance works, drainage and erosion control;
- Construction of New Ogbeogonogo market;
- Development of leisure parks, street fruit market shops, car parks and car wash shops.
- New Infrastructural Development:
- New Cities and housing development;
- New Road constructions and maintenance;
- New Drainage and erosion control;
- Proposed New International Market at the old Abraka market site;
- Leveraging developments in and around Dennis Osadebey University;
- Transportation & Mass Transit.
- Environmental Issues:
- Waste Management/facilities and Asaba Capital City/Territory clean-up;
- Beautification of the City/Territory;
- Repositioning & Rebranding the Capital City, Asaba:
- Theme & philosophy: “Asaba Amaka”, Land of peaceful investments;
- Entertainment to recreate the Social Life of the City;
- Media & Communications.
