THE House of Representatives, on Thursday passed bills seeking to establish a South-East Development Commission and a South-West Development Commission.’

Equally passed were bills to establish a North-Central Development Commission and a North-West Development Commission.

All the six geopolitical zones will now have development commissions, as the Niger Delta Development Commission already exists for the oil producing states in the South-South and some in the South-East and South-West.

There is also the North-East Development Commission, which was established in the aftermath of Boko Haram insurgency in the geopolitical zone.

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Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, and 80 other lawmakers suspected to be members from Yoruba-speaking states, introduced a bill seeking to establish a South-West Development Commission.

The SSDC would be established despite the existence of the NDDC.