A two time former member of the House of Representatives and now a member, governing board of the North East Development Commission Chief Sam Onuigbo has extolled President Bola Tinubu on the composition of the board members of the South East Development Commission (SEDC) and the North West Development Commission (NWDC).
Chief Onuigbo in a press release signed by him, congratulated all newly inaugurated board members which was done by the President through the Minister of Regional Development Engr Abubakar Momoh following their recent nominations and successful screening and confirmation by the Senate.
The former federal lawmaker who urged them to roll up their sleeves and guard their loins for the huge tasks ahead, expressed confidence on the choices of Alhaji Lawal Samai’la Abdullahi, and Prof Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji as Chairman and Managing Director of the NWDC Governing Board respectively, as well as Dr. Emeka Wogu and Hon Mark Okoye who are also Chairman and Managing Director of the SEDC respectively.
“At this juncture, let me remind these noble officers that your nomination, screening, confirmation, and subsequent inauguration is a huge task that places massive responsibilities on your shoulders. For the SEDC board members, you are coming to do impactful work that will truly trigger the final and genuine efforts at erasing the lingering scars of the civil war, which ended well over half a century ago. Please, I urge you not to fail the president and the people of South-East”, Chief Onuigbo writes.
He also appealed to leaders, stakeholders, and Ndigbo in the Diaspora to support the Governing Board of SEDC to succeed.
Chief Onuigbo equally poured encomiums on the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Benjamin Okezie Kalu for sponsoring the all- important establishment bill that established the commissions and for seeing through alongside his colleagues all the complex processes with the attendant hurdles involved in getting such a great bill to receive Presidential assent.
He also duffed his hat for President Tinubu who through his assent broke the jinx after decades of neglect of the South East region while praying to God to bless the President, Ndigbo, and Nigerians at large.
