Hon. Kalu commends Tinubu for signing South-east Devt Commission Bill

…urges more support for APC govt

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for signing the South East Development Commission (SEDC) bill into law, thereby approving the creation of the commission.

It will be recalled that the bill was sponsored by Hon Kalu and all the House of Representatives lawmakers from the Southeast geopolitical zone.

The bill sought to establish a commission that will be charged with the responsibility of receiving and managing funds 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 which ended 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.

Reacting to the cheery news in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Levinus Nwabughiogu, the eleated Kalu thanked President Tinubu, his colleagues in the National Assembly and all Nigerians for supporting the bill.

He also conveyed the appreciation of all Ndi Igbo from the South East region, assuring them of more positive attention from the President.