The reality of Climate Change is changing development paradigm every where in the world. Today, development emphasis is changing focus from fossil-heavy energy sources to green-energy, urbanisation technology is changing to more energy-friendly structures while Agricultural development is being redirected to intensive utilisation of land for maximum yield in order to preserve the natural forest.

Director of Development Control in the FCTA, Mallam Yahaya Yusuf in this interview with Favour Nnabugwu in Abuja, speaks on the spate of buildings collapse in the city, stressing that his department will do everything possible to restore the master plan of Abuja. He also warned Abuja residents to desist from converting residential buildings into commercial uses. Excerpts:

The reality of Climate Change is changing development paradigm every where in the world. Today, development emphasis is changing focus from fossil-heavy energy sources to green-energy, urbanisation technology is changing to more energy-friendly structures while Agricultural development is being redirected to intensive utilisation of land for maximum yield in order to preserve the natural forest.

Lagos State Public Works Corporation has restated its commitment to meet the target of completing 1,200 roads before the end of this year as part of the Corporation’s road maintenance programme for the year 2012.

The FCT Administration in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development is working out modalities to enable owners of the 5,000 Gwarinpa II houses get their certificates of occupancy, C of O .

Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Ms. Ama Pepple has charged property developers and financiers to provide quality and affordable houses to Nigerians.

The culture of reading in Nigeria is unarguably at its lowest ebb. Gone were the days when reading novels written by seasoned authors was the hobby of many students. Today, most children and youths spend their time either browsing the internet, playing computer games or watching home video and football matches in their homes or viewing centres.

Director General of Nigerian Meteorological Agency NIMET, Dr. Anthony Anuforom has identified extreme weather conditions as the the reason for Nigeria’s underdevelopment.

Freezer fans that are located in the refrigerator. Freezer fans circulate the air in the enclosed space which removes the heat from items that will be frozen. Without this circulation fan, the items will get cold but since the air is stagnating, items may not become fully frozen and may soon become spoiled.

Nigeria has commenced preparation for the Rio +20 Earth summit, scheduled to hold later in the year in Rio Janeiro, Brazil with a two-day conference in Abuja.