The senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the South
West Development Commission.
The bill passed third reading on the floor of the senate on
Thursday after Kaka Lawan, chair of the committee on special duties, presented
a report.
Lawan said the bill, if signed into law by the president,
would address infrastructural deficits and tackle ecological problems in the
south-west geo-political zone.
“The intents and purposes of the bill are well structured
for the socio-economic development of south-west,” he said.
“If the commission is
established through presidential assent to the bill, it will be like other
development-driven commissions established on zonal basis.
“It will receive funds from the federation account,
donations from development partners etc to address infrastructural deficits and
tackle ecological problems in the region.”
Barau Jibrin, deputy president of the senate, said the
commission would address the developmental issues in the south-west.
“President Bola
Tinubu has assented to similar bills passed for zonal development-driven
interventions and will surely assent to this one,” he said.
The bill passed third reading after the senators voted on
the clauses of the legislation.
Recently, the upper legislative chamber has passed bills to
establish the North West Development Commission, North Central Development
Commission and South East Development Commission.
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