Deputy President of the Senate , Senator Jibrin Barau has commended President Bola Tinubu for assenting the North West Development Commission Bill which is now an Act.
Expressing his happiness on Presidential assent to the bill, the Deputy President of the Senate in a media chat with journalists said the commission , when established , would help to drive development across the seven states in the zone.
He explained that he sponsored the bill as one of the federal lawmakers from the zone, as result of restoring development to the area after years of Boko Haram insurgency in some parts of the zone , armed banditry and other anti development criminality
He assured that stakeholders in the zone , would collaborate to make the commission serve the purpose for which is intended for and called on Nigerians to continue supporting President Bola Tinubu in his development strides across the country.
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