By Christiana Ekpa
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for signing the North West Development Commission Bill into law.
President Tinubu on Tuesday signed the North West Development Commission and the South East Development Commission Bills into law after their passage and subsequent transmission by the National Assembly.
The Speaker, in a press statement through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi, said the President has demonstrated uttermost patriotism by his action.
Speaker noted that President Tinubu has taken all steps to make Nigeria better, noting that the commission would not only bring development closer to the people of the North West geopolitical zone but would also address some of the challenges faced by the people, especially unemployment.
He congratulated the people of the North West and Nigerians as a whole for this historic development.
Speaker Abbas Tajudeen had in the 9th Assembly sponsored the North West Development Commission Bill. But it did not get presidential assent at the time.
Also the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has expressed his profound gratitude to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, for signing the South East Development Commission (SEDC) bill into law, thereby approving the creation of the commission.
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