President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed into law two significant bills aimed at accelerating development across the country’s northwest and southeast geopolitical zones......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
This was disclosed in a statement signed by Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
The North-West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024, and the South-East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2023, will facilitate reconstruction, rehabilitation, and tackling of environmental and development challenges in the respective regions, The Nation reported.
According to Ngelale, the commissions will address issues such as infrastructure damages, poverty, literacy, ecological problems, and environmental challenges, promoting equitable development and inclusive governance, AIT reported.
“In addition, the South-East Development Commission is established to ensure the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, houses, and other infrastructural damages suffered by the zone, as well as tackle ecological problems, and other related environmental or developmental challenges in South-East states.
“President Tinubu believes in building the nation on the fulcrum of fairness, equity, and unity; hence, he is committed to ensuring equitable development, inclusive governance, and the provision of qualitative services to all Nigerians — no matter where they reside — while knitting even more tightly together the national fabric,” the statement read.