Northeast Devt Commission to be Sited in Maiduguri

The committees on special duties and that of establishment and public service have unanimously agreed on the Bill before the senate, that the headquarters of the North-East Development Commission be sited in Maiduguri the capital city of Borno state.
In a joint meeting with the two committee members and eighteen senators from the zone to harmonise the Bill, headed by Sen. Abdul-Aziz Nyako, Chairman Senate Committee on Special Duties, said Maiduguri was chosen because it was the first to be attack by the insurgent from the zone and has suffered worst hit in infrastructure and physical damage of lives and properties including the kidnapping of Chibok girls, even though Adamawa state inclusive in series of attack and damages.

 

He said the location will serve as a buster to develop the other affected states ravage by the insurgent, and also agreed to established the act governing the Niger Delta Development Commission as same as the North-East commission with positions of a Chairman and a managing director from the zone, two executive directors and a member from each of the North-Eastern states, as well as a member from each of the six geo-political zone and two representatives from the federal government, the meeting was therefore adjoin sine dine.