Following the changes made by the Executive Arm of Government, the House of Representatives has stepped down a motion asking President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to rescind the decision to change the Ministry of Nigeria Delta Development to the Ministry of Regional Development.
The motion which was sponsored by Oboku Oforji, PDP, Bayelsa was stepped down by the House with the claim that it had been overtaken by events.
Speaking on the motion, Speakers Abbas Tajudeen says he met with President Tinubu last week and he assured that he would be happy to receive the South-South Development Commission Bill to cater for specific issues of the Niger Delta region.
He therefore told the Lawmaker that in the light of the information, and because the issues within the Motion have already been overtaken by other events, the mover of the motion should allow the House to step down the motion.
Also speaking, House Leader, Julius Ihonvbare, APC, Edo says while the issues contained in the motion were valid, the conversion of the Niger Delta Development Ministry to that of the Ministry of Regional Development will not deny the region of development.
-9News Nigeria.
