SAN FRANCISCO, May 08, (THEWILL) –Â President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) to be chaired by Gen. Paul Tarfa (retd.).
The commission, which is to see to the rehabilitation of devastated communities in the North-East, caused by Boko Haram insurgency, has a N10bn take-off grant.
The inauguration took place at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Shortly before the start of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
The Senate, in October 2016, passed the bill for the establishment of the North East Development Commission to coordinate the rebuilding of the insurgency-ravaged North East region of Nigeria.
President Buhari assented to the bill on 26th October, 2017.
The Senate had last month confirmed a retired army major-general, Paul Tarfa, as chairman of the Commission.
Also confirmed is Mohammed Alkali as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the commission and nine others as members of the board of the commission.
The members are Musa Yashi, Executive Director Humanitarian Affairs; Mohammed Jawa, Executive Director, Admin and Finance; Omar Mohammed, Executive Director, Operations and David Kente, member representing North East zone.
Others are Asmau Mohammed, member representing North West zone; Benjamin Adanyi, Member representing North Central zone; Olawale Oshun, member representing South West zone; Theodore Ekechi, member representing South-East and Obasuke McDonald, member representing South-South zone.
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