North-West lawmakers caucus within the House of Representatives on Friday lauded President Bola Tinubu for signing into legislation the North-West Development Commission Bill into legislation.
Recall that the President signed the invoice into legislation on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, alongside the South-East Development Commission.
The caucus is made up of lawmakers from the seven States of Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi, Sokoto, Jigawa, Katsina and Zamfara.
Addressing a press convention on Friday on the National Assembly Complex, spokesman for the group and lawmaker representing Jibia/Kaita Federal Constituency, Katsina State, Mr Sada Soli recommended Tinubu for the feat, saying that the singing of the invoice “Will trigger the rebuilding of our ruined infrastructure, from roads, colleges, well being services and markets, to properties and locations of worship, enterprise premises and different social facilities.
“It comes on the heels of the recent policy decisions that underline President Tinubu’s fervent patriotism, and his determination to ensure that growth and development permeate every region of the country.”
He continued, “We, the House of Representatives North West Caucus are particularly gratified with the signing of the North-West Development Commission Bill, which was sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Jibrin Barau, in the effort to ginger the economic and social development of the geo-political zone and restore parity to a people who for years were forced to watch as their lands were ravaged by the gratuitous violence of bandits and other miscreants.”
According to the All Progressives Congress chieftain, “The Commission brings renewed hope to a geopolitical zone whose social cloth and psychological well-being have been brutalised by mindless violence that has been unabating and intractable.
“The sporadic assaults have since escalated right into a multi-dimensional disaster that has hampered agricultural actions and commerce and turned among the most industrious and thriving communities within the North West geopolitical zone into ghost cities as folks flee their properties and grow to be refugees.
“This has manifestly impacted the famous cross-border trade and flourishing agribusiness between the geopolitical zone and neighbouring countries. Most of our border constituencies, which were historically vibrant commercial centres, with massive large-scale farmers exporting produce to various parts of Africa, including Niger Republic, Mali, and Benin Republic, have since been abandoned by farmers, importers and exporters, due to this wanton violence.”
This, he mentioned, has resulted in a shortfall within the Internally Generated Revenues of the states within the area.
Soli got here in need of saying that the signing of the invoice was a reward from the President for a area that voted overwhelmingly for him in the course of the 2023 common election.
He mentioned, “Politically, in voting so overwhelmingly for President Tinubu within the final election, the North West geopolitical zone had hoped that the well-known Asiwaju, who had proven himself to be a patriot of the primary order and a person who believed in equity and fairness, would make coverage selections that may carry growth to our states by rescuing them from the evils of banditry and cross border terrorism.
“This commission is, therefore, a tremendous boost to the valiant efforts of the governors of the North West geopolitical zone and it has further justified our trust in President Tinubu’s commitment to help revamp this geopolitical zone and place it on a sound pedestal.”
That mentioned, the caucus known as on the President to accentuate the warfare towards insurgency and different types of safety challenges within the nation whilst they known as on organisers of the August 1 nationwide protest to present peace a likelihood.
