Dogara Commends Buhari For Assenting To North East Development Commission Bill

Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his decision to assent the North East Development Commission Bill into law.

In a statement signed by Dogara on Wednesday, the speaker said the move by the president shows his sensitivity to the plight faced by Nigerians living in the North East.

“I expect that the expeditious coming into force of the commission will remedy the long years of underdevelopment suffered by the region.

“The recovery and redevelopment of the zone devastated by terrorism is expected to last decades,” Dogara said.

It will be recalled that the North East Development Commission establishment Bill was sponsored by the Speaker in 2015.

He had also moved a motion which the House passed a resolution calling for the recovery, resettlement, and rebuilding of the war-torn region and the convocation of an international donor conference for total reconstruction and rebuilding of the region.