No doubt, the role of planning in the development of a nation like Nigeria cannot be over emphasized. Nigeria had made several attempts at enacting Urban and Regional Planning laws hereinafter referred to as ‘Planning Laws’. But the long-awaited planning law i.e. the Nigerian Urban and Regional Planning Decree No.88 of 1992 now called the Nigerian Urban and Regional Planning Act CAP N138, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 was finally enacted into law, in 1999.