A bill seeking the establishment of the North West Development Commission (NWDC), sponsored by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin (APC Kano North), has passed first reading.

Titled, North West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2023, it passed through first reading during Tuesday’s plenary of the Senate presided over by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio.

The Clerk to the Senate, Barrister Chinedu Akubueze, read the short title of the bill during the plenary session.

A statement from the Media Office of the Deputy President of the Senate said the commission when established, would accelerate the development of the commercial and industrial potentials of the North West geopolitical zone, comprising seven states; Kano, Kaduna, Kebbi, Katsina, Jigawa, Sokoto and Zamfara.

Also, the NWDC when established, will receive and manage funds for the agricultural and industrial development of the North West geopolitical zone.

In the last 10 years, states in the North West geopolitical zone especially Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, and Zamfara have been battling with security challenges, thereby retarding their development.

Specifically, the commission when established will formulate policies and guidelines for the development of the North West in the areas of roads, education, health, employment, industrialization, agriculture, housing and urban development, water supply, electricity, and commerce.

The bill the statement added, would soon be listed for a second reading for deliberation on its general merits and principles.

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Just imagine this rubbish bill. I blame coward men from the South.

these commission are waste of resources

Mtcheeew...

I hope they are depending on the resources from their zone enemies of progress