N/West, S/East get development commissions as Tinubu signs law

President Bola Tinubu has signed into law bills to accelerate development across geo-political zones in the country.

Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesman, said Tinubu assented to the North-West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024, and the South-East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2023.

The North-West Development Commission is set up to facilitate the reconstruction of roads, houses, and business premises destroyed by multidimensional crisis, as well as tackle poverty, literacy level

The law is also expected to accelerate solutions to ecological problems, and any other related environmental or development challenges in North-West states.

In addition, the South-East Development Commission was established to ensure the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, houses, and other infrastructural damages suffered by the zone.

The statement said the law will also help to tackle ecological problems and other related environmental or developmental challenges in South-East states.

The statement said the president believed in building the nation on the fulcrum of fairness, equity, and unity; hence, he is committed to ensuring equitable development.

According to Ngelale, the laws will also promote 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.