President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday signed into law a bill establishing the South East Development Commission (SEDC).
The bill, sponsored by Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Benjamin Okezie Kalu, was passed by the House in December 2023 and approved by the Senate in May 2024 before being transmitted to the president for his assent.
The bill sought to establish a commission that will be charged with the responsibility to receive and manage fund from allocation of the federation account for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, houses and other infrastructural damage suffered by the region as a result of the effect of the bloody civil war after 54 years.
The commission will as well tackle the ecological problems and any other related environmental or developmental challenges in the Southeast States which include Abia, Imo, Enugu, Anambra and Ebonyi.
Meanwhile, Kalu has expressed gratitude to president Bola Tinubu for signing the South East Development Commission (SEDC) bill into law.
While reacting to the good news in a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Levinus Nwabughiogu, the elated Speaker thanked Mr Tinubu, his colleagues in the national assembly and indeed, all Nigerians for supporting the bill.
