The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, passed for second reading, a bill to amend the North-East Development Commission Act 2017 which seeks to expand the financial provisions of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) to further align the Commission’s Establishment Act 2017 to its mandate.
The core mandate of NEDC, “among other things”, is to “receive and manage funds from allocation of the Federal Account, international donors for the settlement, rehabilitation and reconstruction of roads, houses and business premises of victims of insurgency as well as tackling menace of poverty, illiteracy level, ecological problems and any other related environmental or developmental challenges in the North-East states.”
The bill was sponsored by Mansur Manu Soro (APC, Bauchi), Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim (APC, Yobe) and 47 others.
Soro said the bill sought to ensure an effective discharge of the responsibilities of the commission.
He said: “This bill seeks to expand the financial provisions of the North-East Development Commission to further align the North-East Development Commission (Establishment) Act 2017 to the commission’s mandate.”
“The bill also aims at deepening the impact of the commission on the lives of every resident of member states through strategic capital development across the critical sector of the economy.”
