Members of SEDC, NWDC were carefully selected – Onuigbo lauds Tinubu composition of Board, commends Deputy Speaker Kalu

Member representing the South East on the Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) Rep. Sam Onuigbo, has praised President Bola Tinubu for his careful selection of board members for the newly constituted South East Development Commission (SEDC) and the North West Development Commission (NWDC).

In a statement personally signed by Onuigbo himself, the Former Federal Lawmaker for Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency congratulated the appointees who successfully passed the Senate screening process and were officially inaugurated by the Minister of Regional Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh, on behalf of the President.

Rep. Onuigbo urged the board members to brace themselves for the critical tasks ahead, emphasizing the significant responsibilities they now bear.

Specifically, he encouraged the leadership of the NWDC—Chairman Alhaji Lawal Samai’la Abdullahi and Managing Director Prof. Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji—as well as their counterparts in the SEDC, Chairman Hon. Emeka Wogu, PhD, and Managing Director Hon. Mark Okoye, to remain committed to their mandate.

See full statement below:

Press Statement February 12, 2025
Onuigbo extols Tinubu’s wise composition of NWDC, SEDC Board members

I, wish to heartily congratulate all nominees that went through successful screening and confirmation by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and subsequently inaugurated by His Excellency, President Bola Tinubu GCFR, Commander-in-Chief, Armed Forces of Federal Republic of Nigeria, through Engr Abubakar Momoh, Minister of Regional Development.

In praising the management of these two august bodies, the North West Development Commission (NWDC) and South East Development Commission (SEDC), I urge them to guard their loins, because there is much to do as they get set to commence work.

I wish to particularly encourage the Chairman, Alhaji Lawal Samai’la Abdullahi, and the Managing Director, Prof Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji of the NWDC Governing Board, as well as their SEDC counterparts, Hon Emeka Wogu PhD and Hon Mark Okoye, Chairman and Managing Director, respectively, for their membership of these life changing interventionist agencies.

At this juncture, let me remind these noble officers that your nomination, screening, confirmation, and subsequent inauguration is a huge task that places massive responsibilities on your shoulders.

For the SEDC board members, you are coming to do impactful work that will truly trigger the final and genuine efforts at erasing the lingering scars of the civil war, which ended well over half a century ago. Please, I urge you not to fail the president and the people of South-East.

Similarly, I appeal to our leaders, stakeholders, and Ndigbo in Diaspora to support the Governing Board to succeed.

Let me at this juncture commend the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Benjamin Okezie Kalu CON for sponsoring the all- important establishment bill alongside his colleagues, and for seeing it through all the complex processes with the attendant hurdles involved in getting such a great bill to receive Presidential assent.

Finally, let me also reiterate my appreciation to President Bola Tinubu GCFR for making this possible after decades of neglect. My humble prayer is that may God continue to bless the President, Ndigbo, and Nigerians at large.

Signed

Rep. Sir Samuel Ifeanyi Onuigbo KJW
Member, NEDC Governing Board
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