On Thursday, the Senate considered a report by its Committee on Special Duties and approved the establishment of the South West Development Commission.
The Senate moved into Committee of the Whole for clause-by-clause consideration of the bill after which it was read for the third time during plenary and passed into law.
Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan, Chairman of the committee in his presentation said the South West Development Commission Bill, 2024 intents and purposes are well structured for the socio-economic development of South West.
“If the Commission is established through presidential assent to the bill, it will, like other development-driven commissions established on a zonal basis, receive funds from the Federation Account, donations from development partners, etc to address infrastructural deficits and tackle ecological problems in the region,” Kaka said.
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau who presided over the session in his remarks after the bill’s passage commended the Kaka-led committee for a job well done.
“The South West Development Commission, like other ones recently established, would address the infrastructural and ecological challenges in the South West.
“The essence of the various development commissions being set up is to fast track development of the entire country.
“President Bola Tinubu has assented to similar bills passed for zonal development-driven interventions and will surely assent to this one,” he said.
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