By Abdullateef Bamgbose
Senate yesterday passed for third reading, South West Development Commission Establishment Bill 2024 .
Passage of the bill for third reading by the Senate during plenary was sequel to a report submitted to that effect by the Chairman , Senate Committee on Special Duties, Senator Kaka Lawan.
Senator Kaka, in his presentation of the report for the establishment of South West Development Commission, said the intent and purpose of the bill is well structured for the socio-economic development of the South-West.
“If the commission is established through presidential assent, it will like other development driven commissions established on zonal basis, receive funds from the federation account and donations from development partners to address infrastructural deficit and ecological problems in the region”, he said.
The Senate moved into the committee of the whole for clause by clause consideration of the bill after which it was read for the third time.
In his remarks after the passage of the bill, Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, who presided over the session, commended the committee for a job well done .
According to him, the South West Development Commission like others recently established, will address the infrastructural and ecological challenges in the South-West.
“The essence of the various development commissions being set up is to fast track development of the entire country .
“President Bola Tinubu has assented to similar bills passed for zonal development driven interventions and will surely assent to this one”, he said.
