Ugwuanyi ups Enugu’s livability with unity park

The absence of green spaces in most Nigerian cities often makes them no more than concrete jungles. Green spaces, of which parks are an essential part, enhances a city’s livability, and represent a vital escape from the madding crowd. In their absence, a city loses its soul. Sitting amid the humdrum of traffic and straddling about nine hectares of land, the Enugu Unity Park is a welcome development to this urban decay noticeable in many cities. 

But it might have as well succumbed to the kind of municipal pressures that led to the unwholesome conversion of green belts in…