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, GCFR, for signing the South East Development Commission (SEDC) bill into law, thereby approving the creation of the commission.
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 , GCFR, for signing the South East Development Commission bill into law, thereby approving the creation of the commission. It will be recalled that the bill was sponsored by Kalu and all the lawmakers from the south east region in the House of Representatives.
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 civil war after 54 years.
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