President Bola Tinubu has signed into law the North-West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill of 2024 and the South-East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill of 2023. This was announced in a statement released on Wednesday by Ajuri Ngelale, Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity.

Objective of the Bills

According to the statement, these bills aim to accelerate development across Nigeria’s geo-political zones. The President’s assent to these bills underscores his administration’s commitment to fostering development, equity, and unity throughout the nation.

North-West Development Commission

The North-West Development Commission is established to facilitate the reconstruction of roads, houses, and business premises destroyed by various crises. It will also address poverty, literacy levels, ecological problems, and other related environmental or development challenges in the North-West states.

South-East Development Commission

Similarly, the South-East Development Commission is created to ensure the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, houses, and other infrastructure damaged in the region. The commission will tackle ecological problems and other related environmental or developmental challenges in the South-East states.

President’s Commitment to Fairness and Unity

The statement emphasized President Tinubu’s commitment to fairness, equity, and unity. He aims to ensure equitable development, inclusive governance, and the provision of quality services for all Nigerians, regardless of their location, to strengthen national unity.

What the Presidency is Saying

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

“The President has 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 crises, as well as tackle poverty, literacy levels, ecological problems, and any other related environmental or development challenges in North-West states.

“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.