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From Kemi Yesufu, Abuja
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the North East Development Commission (NEDC)Bill into law.
In a personally signed statement, Dogara expressed gratitude to the president for showing “sensitivity to the plight of the highly-traumatised people of the North East.
“ I expect that the expeditious coming into force of the commission will remedy the long years of under-development suffered by the region. The recovery and re-development of the zone ,devastated by terrorism is expected to last decades,” said Dogara
The North East Development Commission Bill was sponsored by Dogara.
The bill was passed by the House of Representatives in March 2016, while Senate followed suit in October 2016.
The commission is to be partly funded by three per cent of Value Added Tax (VAT) accruable to the Federal Government.
