The North-East Development Commission has said the development master plan for the troubled sub-region will be available soon.

According to a statement on Sunday, the Managing Director of the NEDC, Alhaji Mohammed Alkali, made the disclosure when the six governors of the region paid a courtesy visit to the commission in Maiduguri.

He said, “As a mandate of the commission, there are plans that will transit between humanitarian development and development of peace and stability in the region.

“We have finally decided that all the management staff should move to Maiduguri, being the headquarters of the commission. We are going to seek more support, so that we can do our work effectively and efficiently. Each of the governors has given us a temporary office to operate in their respective states.

“With collaboration and team work, the North-East region shall rise again to its glorious past.”

Alkali said the N6bn Education Endowment Fund set up by the NEDC for the North-East would resuscitate the region’s devastated education sector and rebuild the human capital.

Responding on behalf of the governors, the Chairman of the forum and the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, said, “The government and people of the North-East are willing to get the maximum of the commission not only in terms of infrastructure but also in terms of livelihood development.”