President Bola Tinubu has signed into law bills to accelerate development across geo-political zones in the country. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement said the President assented to the North-West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024, and the South-East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2023. According to the statement, the North-West Development Commission is set up to facilitate the reconstruction of roads, houses, and business premises destroyed by multidimensional crisis. It is also expected to tackle poverty, literacy level, ecological problems, and any other related environmental or development challenges in North-West states. It added that the South-East Development Commission was established to ensure the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, houses and other infrastructural damages suffered by the zone. It is also expected to tackle ecological prob lems and other related environmental or developmental challenges in South-East states. 'President Tinubu believes in building the nation on the fulcrum of fairness, equity, and unity. 'Hence, he is committed to ensuring equitable development, inclusive governance, and the provision of qualitative services to all Nigerians - no matter where they reside - while knitting even more tightly together the national fabric,' it said. Source: News Agency of Nigeria
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