Master plan for the physical development of ibrahim badamasi babangida university (ibbul)‎, Lapai Nigeria

Abstract EN

The Governor of Niger State, Nigeria inaugurated a Committee for the establishment and development of Niger State University.

Among the objectives of the University is to facilitate enhanced access to University education, and transformation of socio-economic lives of Nigerlites.

Another Committee was established and charged with the responsibility of evaluating and implementing the Report.

IBBUL is scheduled to be fully developed over a fifteen year period, in three phases of five years each.

My firm was commissioned to prepare the Master Plan for the University, on the 694.68 hectares of land acquired for the project.

The methodology is based on extensive consultation with all stakeholders to give them a sense of ownership.

IBBUL is to have a total of nine Faculties ; and four Centers of Research on full development, while phase one is to have four Faculties.

The projected students’ enrolment of IBBUL in the four Faculties is 900, 1,350, 1,850, 2,400, and 3000 respectively.

The projected academic staff requirements for phase one is 58, 88, 118, 150, and 196 respectively.

A total of eight principles formed the basis of the design of the Master Plan, while the plan itself has the following components : vehicular and pedestrian circulation plan ; administration building; academic corridor ; research zone ; central area ; staff housing area ; students hostels ; sports and recreational area ; university farm center and zoological garden ; water supply ; and electricity supply.

On site, the design and construction of the roads and drainage within the Campus was based on the Master Plan prepared, and the construction of fifty two buildings (Academic residential etc), in progress, conforms to the Plan.

The University has since commenced operation with the admission of the first batch of 350 undergraduate students, in four Faculties.