President Bola Tinubu has signed the South-West and South-South Development Commission bills into law.
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, made the announcement during plenary on Wednesday.
“No mechanism is too much to trickle down development and dividends of democracy to the grassroots.
“I am sure that with these development commissions, the impact of this administration will be felt by the grassroots.
“We thank Mr president for completing it to the entire geo-political zones,” Kalu said.
During Tuesday’s plenary, Senate President Godswill Akpabio confirmed that the President has signed the South-West Development Commission Bill and South-South Development Commission Bill into law.
“Just to inform distinguished senators that Mr President has assented to the remaining regional development bills, the South-west Development Commission Bill and the South-south Development Commission Bill. We now have all the developmental commissions legally in existence,” Akpabio said.
Akpabio expressed appreciation to Tinubu for his cooperation with the National Assembly and for signing the bills establishing the commissions into law.
He said the commissions would create more jobs for Nigerians and facilitate grassroots development.
“We thank the president. We are grateful for his cooperation. We are grateful for creating jobs. We are also grateful to have taken development to the grassroots level,” he added.
The established regional commissions are tasked with enhancing infrastructure, economic growth, and social welfare within their respective regions.
