Saturday, September 28, 2024 -Nigeria's number one man, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted the names of the inaugural Governing Board members for the North West Development Commission, NWDC, to the Senate for confirmation.
The NWDC Governing Board nominees submitted to the Senate by
Tinubu include are as follows:
Chairman:
Ambassador Haruna Ginsau (Jigawa)
MD/CEO:
Professor Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji (Kano)
Members: Dr. Yahaya Umar Namahe (Sokoto); Hon. Aminu Suleiman
(Kebbi); Sen. Tijani Yahaya Kaura (Zamfara); Hon. Abdulkadir S. Usman (Kaduna);
Hon. Muhammad Ali Wudil (Kano); Shamsu Sule (Katsina); and Nasidi Ali (Jigawa).
President Tinubu had recently assented to the bill sponsored
by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, to accelerate
development in the North West geopolitical zone, comprising Kaduna, Kano,
Katsina, Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto and Zamfara states.
The North-West Development Commission is set up to facilitate
the reconstruction of roads, houses, and business premises destroyed by
multidimensional crises and tackle poverty, literacy level, ecological
problems, and any other related environmental or development challenges in
North-West states.
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