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President Bola Tinubu has forwarded to the Senate for confirmation a modified list of members of the inaugural Governing Board of the North West Development Commission, NWDC.

The President also nominated Hon. Emeka Atuma as chairman of the South East Development Commission, SEDC.

This was contained in a statement issued on Friday, by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy and Coordinating Adviser, Bayo Onanuga.

Recall that in a list of nominees sent to the Senate late in September 2024, President Tinubu nominated Ambassador Haruna Ginsau as chairman of the NWDC board while also naming Senator Tijani Yahaya Kaura and Hon. Abdulkadir Usman as members.

But according to the statement, the new list replaced them with Ja’afar Abubakar Sadeeq and Yahaya Aminu Abdulhadi, while the new chairman is Alh Lawal Samai’la Abdullahi, Professor Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji retained his position as managing director and chief executive officer.

Other board members featured on the first list are Dr. Yahaya Umar Namahe, Yahaya Aminu Abdulhadi, and Engr. Muhammad Ali Wudil, Shamsu Sule, Nasidi Ali and Aminu Suleiman.

After receiving the President’s first list of nominations, the Senate adjusted the NWDC’s establishment act to accommodate members from other geo-political zones.

President Tinubu complied with the adjustment in the new list, with the following named to represent the six zones:

They are Chukwu Chijioke, Ahmed Mohammed, Engr. Ahmed Rufai Timasaniyu and Macdonalds Michael Uyi. Others are Yemi Ola and Hon. Babatunde Dada.

President Tinubu has equally appointed Hon. Emeka Atuma as Chairman and Hon. Mark C. Okoye as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the South East Development Commission (SEDC), subject to their confirmation by the Senate.

Other members are Barr. Ugochukwu H. Agballah, Hon. Okey Ezenwa, Chief Hyacinth Ikpor, Hon. Donatus Eyinnah Nwankpa, Barr. Ifeanyi Agwu Ph.D, Nasiru Usman and Hamma Adama Ali Kumo.

The additional nominees are Edward David Onoja, Orure Kufre Inima and Chief (Mrs.) Joke Adebayo-Chukwuma, Prince Obinna Obiekweihe, Executive Director (Projects); Sen. Anthony O. Agbo, Executive Director, Finance and Administration; and Dr. Daniel Ikechukwu Ugwuja, Executive Director (Corporate Services), were also nominated.

President Tinubu reiterates his commitment to regional development and expects the new nominees, as pioneers, to utilise their wealth of experience and expertise to actualize the mandates of the two Commissions and develop their regions.

helinues:
Congrats to them

jmoore:
All these regional development commission are another useless mistake.

All states in Nigeria are underdeveloped.

Develop Nigeria and stop creating useless regional development bodies that are conduit pipe for corruption.

Goodnewsforlife:
how can he develop Nigeria without creating ministries

U think this is Biafra where b say na mouth them dey use do everything online?

jmoore:
Babablu bulabu illiterates do not understand what is called 'duplication'.

festacman:
First, Bianca Onoh and now Mark Okoye!

President Tinubu trusts APGA more than the members of APC in Anambra State. There seem to be an alliance with Gov. Soludo.

Goodnewsforlife:
ekpa disciple of content creation tell us what "duplication" means

Ensure u know d meaning before talking ooo make e no b like that one of Buhari was cloned when u don't know d meaning of cloning

jmoore:
All these regional development commission are another useless mistake.

All states in Nigeria are underdeveloped.

Develop Nigeria and stop creating useless regional development bodies that are conduit pipe for corruption.

Warrior99:
NEVER thought an igbo man would be against regionalism.

And you'll call the North parasitic?

IGBO MAN WHY ARE YOU AGAINST RESTRUCTURING NIGERIA??

Abi the ineffective system we don use for more than 60 years no tire you

jmoore:
Ignoramus!!!

Development commission is not regionalism!!

jmoore:
Only an idiot would even think I support Ekpa or Nnamdi Kanu.

For the tutorial, Daniel Bwala said this in the screenshot. So it is a waste of time and resources for me to educate any babablu.

Warrior99:
YOU ARE THE IGNORAMUS HALF-WIT!

Today each geopolitical zone in Nigeria has its development commission which is but an INTRODUCTION to regional administration.

Once again, IGBO MAN WHY ARE YOU AGAINST REGIONALISM?

What are you afraid of?

TooMuchStuff:
Is there law banning Northern Christians from Chairing these developments Commission for Northern zones

jmoore:
Babablu and epic ignorance!!

Nigeria practiced regional government before.

Where was these development commissions then?


Only an uneducated empty skull would equate regional development commissions funded by FG to regionalism.

Goodnewsforlife:
Igbos are d most confused people in d world

All their life they have always shouted that they don't want their region resources to b used to develop other regions

Now tax reform bill is here n they are opposing it n supporting the same north they always call parasitic

Just imagine

They say they want to leave Nigeria n they have already declared Biafra on d 2nd of December, still they are everywhere in Nigeria still making mouth

They are better described as confusionist