House of Representatives approves bill creating the South East Development Commission fifty-three years after the Biafra war

The House of Representatives has passed the third reading of the bill that seeks to establish the South East Development Commission, fifty-three years after the Nigerian Civil War.

The information was disclosed by the Deputy Speaker of the Chamber, Benjamin Okezie Kalu.

The House unanimously voted for the bill to be escalated for third reading in the Committee of the Whole chaired by Vice President Kalu.

“I am very pleased that the House of Representatives today successfully passed the bill for the establishment of the South East Development Commission after fifty-three long years,” Kalu said.

The vice president stated that the South East Development Commission, when created, will be responsible for receiving and managing funds from the allocation of the Federation Account for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, houses and other infrastructural damage suffered by the region in result of the effect of the civil war.

Furthermore, the explanatory memorandum of the bill stated that the Commission would also address ecological problems and any other related environmental or developmental challenges in the South-Eastern States, which include Abia, Imo, Enugu, Anambra and Ebonyi.

“In fact, the approval of this bill comes at a time when the Peace Project in the Southeast initiative is being pursued, a non-kinetic approach to solving socioeconomic and sociological challenges”, he noted.
The vice president also highlighted that the enactment of the bill that seeks to establish the Southeast Development Commission will pave the way for prosperity and vitality in the southeastern part of the country.

“The enactment of this bill will inspire hope and a sense of belonging in the population of the Southeast, paving the way for

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