The Senate has amended the Acts that set up three regional development commissions across the country to create room for the appointments of additional executive directors.
Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele sponsored the Bill, titled: “South South Development Commission Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (SB.
781)”; “North Central Development Commission Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (SB. 782)”; and “South West Development Commission Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (SB. 783).”
The Bills were first read on Tuesday for the first time.
“The Bills,” according to Bamidele, “seek to amend the respective provisions to reconcile the lacuna that exists in the Act relating to the appointments of the Executive Directors of the respective commissions to ensure uniformity with other development commissions, that is, North West and South East Development Commission.”
He added: “With the benefit of hindsight, the Bills were passed by the National Assembly earlier this year and were transmitted and assented to by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
“However, in the course of implementation of the legislations, it was observed that there is a need to make provision for more Executive Directors to head the various departments of the commission.”
Credit: thenationonlineng.net
