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The heightened intolerable conditions of living and working in Lagos and the need to centralize the capital city for equal access from other parts of the country led to the creation of a new Federal Capital in Abuja in 1976. The Nigeria new capital, Abuja, was premised on some principles meant to underpin the regional development of the new capital. These are principle of equal access, equal citizenship, environmental conservation, city beautification, functional city, regional development, and national economic growth. The study assessed the metropolitan region of Abuja in view to understand and identified the usual associated urban problems facing the region, and how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can serve as a key critical factor to the realization of smart metropolitan development in an effort to address the identified urban problems of the Abuja metropolitan region. For Abuja to achieve these goals, the use of ICT was found to be essential. Therefore, this study evaluated among others the roles and integration of ICT in the development of a Smart metropolitan Abuja region. The chapter recommends a realistic implementation of the multi-nuclei regional plan with appropriate transportation framework, stronger economic base and pro-poor land use strategies. This paradigm shift could occur if and only the Government of Nigeria exhibits robust political will in the regional development process.
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Olokesusi, F., Aiyegbajeje, F.O., Arije, I.M. (2019). Smart Metropolitan Regional Development of Abuja and Its Region. In: Vinod Kumar, T. (eds) Smart Metropolitan Regional Development. Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8588-8_14
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