The Bill empowers the Federal Government to set up an independent commission to fast-track the rehabilitation and development of the North-eastern region devastated by insurgency.
The Senate however widened the commission’s area of coverage by including Kano and Plateau states on the list of states to benefit from its operations and activities.
Other states include: Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, and Taraba states.
The decision followed an amendment put forward by Senator RABIU KWANKWASO during the clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill.
Recall that the Niger Delta Development Commission also has Abia and Ondo states which are not located in the Niger Delta region as members of the commission.
The Senate also approved the allocation of three per cent of the country’s Value Added Tax to NEDC for a period of ten years.
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