By Andrew Oota
The Senate on Tuesday adopted the conference report of the South East Development Commission (SEDC) Bill.
The adoption followed the consistent of the conference committee report on the Bill presented at plenary the Chairman, Senate Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Mohammed Monguno (APC – Borno North).
The Bill titled: “A bill for an Act to establish the South East Development Commission charged with the responsibility of among other things receiving and managing funds from allocation of the federation account for the construction and rehabilitation of roads, houses and other infrastructural damages suffered by the region as a result of the civil war as well as tackle the ecological problems and any other related environmental or developmental challenges faced by the South-eastern part of Nigeria and for related matters 2024. The bill was read the third time and passed” was passed by three Senate on February 22, 2024.
The Bill seeks to establish the commission to manage infrastructural development such as the construction and rehabilitation of roads, houses and others in the South-eastern region.
The agency will also be empowered to tackle the ecological problems and any other related environmental or developmental challenges in the region.
The commission is expected to receive and manage funds from the allocation of the Federation Account to execute infrastructural projects in the South-east when established.
The agitation for the establishment of the commission started many years ago.
