The Pan Niger Delta Forum ( PANDEF )has pleaded with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sign into an Act the bill for the South-South Commission with the same speed he signed others.
At the end of an emergency meeting of the Board of Trustees in Abuja yesterday, a statement issued by the Chairman of PANDEF, Ambassador Dr. Godknows Igali and read by the Spokesman, Dr. Ominimini stated in part: “The bill after passage by the National Assembly Assembly was submitted at the same time as other geo-political zone’s Commissions bill tickets to the President, but ours is yet to be assented to. “We subscribe to the desirability of having a development commission for all the six geo-political zones of the country without exception. “And therefore views the withholding as a grave oversight or error capable of creating a feeling of exclusion and dejection on the part of the people of the South-South………”.
For further details, get copy of Vanguard newspaper today, Tue. Feb.11, 2025.
PABDEF, living up to expectations. Kudos !