The House Committee on South East Development Commission, SEDC, has approved the 2025 budget of the South East Development Commission of about N250 billion, expressing optimism that it will mark the beginning of deveveloping the region which as been neglected for over 54 years after the Nigerian civil war.
The Chairman, House Committee on South East Development Commission, Chris Nwocha, said this at a News Conference in Abuja on Monday.
Mr Nwocha said that the budget would be targeted at addressing infrastructural deficits in the geographical zone.
“This budget essentially is going to target those areas where there were deficits in terms of infrastructure, erosion and other areas of human capital development.
The SEDC House Committee Chairman, who reiterated the commitment of the commission to development of South East, lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for creating the commission.
Nkwocha saluted the courage and magnanimity of President Tinubu to bring into the reality the three ‘Rs of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation pledged after the Nigerian civil war.
According to him, we have had six military regimes, five civilian administrations and none remembered us except President Tinubu.
Nwocha said that the SEDC through its projects implementation would bring about end to agitations and youthful unrest in the area.
He pledged the preparedness of the commission to restore peace and order in the zone with stronger collaboration of stakeholders.
While also commending Bola Ahmed Tinubu for signing the SEDC bill into law, said that with the budget, the neglected part of the South East will now witness government presence in terms of infrastructural development.
-9News Nigeria.
