Nigeria, June 17 -- Abia State is pioneering the lofty pursuit of rebranding the future of Greater Aba with unveiling a 25-year urbanization master plan.

The master plan, created in conjunction with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), is one of the steps the state takes to regain its status as a throbbing commercial center and overhaul decades of infrastructural and environmental constraints.

At a recent press conference at Government House, Umuahia, Information Commissioner Okey Kanu disclosed that the Greater Aba Master Plan resulted from years of joint effort between the state development commission and the technical know-how of UN-Habitat experts. The master plan, he further stated, would be a master plan th...