A bill seeking the establishment of the North West Development Commission has been formally introduced in the Senate.
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The bill, sponsored by Sen. Jibrin Barau (APC-Kano North), was read for the first time at plenary presided over by Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday.
It is titled, “North West Development Commission (Establishment, etc) Bill, 2018 (SB. 712)”.
The move came barely 24 hours after the Senate passed the South East Development Commission Bill 2018.
If passed by the Senate and signed into law, along with the South East Development Commission Bill, this would bring to four the number of regional interventionist agencies in the country.
Already in existence are the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the North East Development Commission (NEDC), whose establishment bill received presidential assent in October, 2017.
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