North West Development Commission bill resurfaces in Senate

A Bill seeking for the establishment of North West Development Commission has been reintroduced in the 9th Senate.

The bill, sponsored by Jibrin Barau (APC, Kano North) and entitled “North West Development Commission (Establishment, etc) Bill, 2018 (SB. 712)”, was introduced at the Senate plenary on Tuesday.

The bill was introduced during the 8th Senate in 2018 but was not passed.

A similar bill, North Central Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2019, sponsored by Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), was also on Tuesday last week introduced in the Senate.

Two weeks earlier, former Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, had also sponsored South West Development Commission bill.

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Before Amosun introduced South West Commission bill, the South-East had also three weeks ago, reintroduced re-introduced a bill that seeks to establish the South East Development Commission (SEDC).

The South East bill was passed when introduced during the 8th Senate but was not assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari.

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If the bills are passed, it will mean the six geo-political regions of the country have a commission.

They will join the South-South and North East which have Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the North East Development Commission (NEDC), respectively.

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