Read what Senate is set to do next month

– Senate is set to hold public hearing next month for the North east development commission bill

– Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako, the chairman Senate committee on special duties disclosed this

– The bill centers on the North east zone of the country

Senator Nyako

Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako, the chairman Senate committee on special duties, on Friday, April 29, said his committee and  the  establishment  services will jointly  hold a public hearing on the North east development commission bill.

The public hearing is set to hold for two days which are Monday, May 9 and  Tuesday, May 10.

Nyako informed a NAIJ.com correspondent on the plans saying the public hearing will allow  stakeholders and the general public  make their imputes to the bill before it would be passed .

Adding  that the  two days public hearing  is expected to receive support  from Nigeria and beyond  which would  serve as a  guide for the  establishment of the  commission.

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He said that the North-east zone would serve as a hub for reconstruction and rehabilitation of the North-east zone.

According to him, the master plan of the bill is to be  achieved within  the next  ten years, with a functional  security department.

Nyako therefore called on international agencies, and  contributors to make imputes that would see to the actualization of the bill just like  the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) , which would be given legislative backing to ensure that  funds are judiciously used .

On Monday, March 14, Nyako called on the federal government to pay adequate attention to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Nigeria.

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He said  it was important that Nigeria be extremely concerned about what happened at the IDP camps and explained that he wanted the Refugees Commission and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to cater to the IDPS.

The bill has already passed first and second reading in both chambers of the National Assembly and referred to his committee.

It was first presented for first reading on November 15, was sponsored by the Speaker of the House of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who stepped down from the chair to lead debate on the bill.

 

 

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