Why we need Southeast Development Commission - Senator Theodore Orji
- Theodore Orji, the senator representing Abia Central Senatorial district said there is need for Southeast to be developed
- Senator Orji said the zone has to be developed because it was ravaged during the 1967 civil war
- According to him, the region deserves a comprehensive plan to develop its infrastructure that were destroyed during the war
Theodore Orji, the Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial district and former governor of Abia state has underscored the importance of Southeast Development Commission bill.
Orji said Southeast Development Commission bill was not in a race with any part of the country.
Reports have it that the former governor of Abia said in Abuja that the 1967 civil war really destroyed Southeast.
Theodore Orji, the Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial district and former governor of Abia state has underscored the importance of Southeast Development Commission bill
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He noted that because of that, the zone deserves a comprehensive plan to develop its infrastructure that were ravaged during the war.
According to him, the people of Southeast want to have a platform where they would contribute some percentages in order to address their own challenges.
He said: “We are not competing with any geographical area, you all know the antecedent of Southeast. You know how the war destroyed the zone and we are saying this is what we want.
“Apart from that, they are fully erosion threatened; as I speak, some people have been displaced by erosion and other life threatening issues, so the Commission would help in tackling those challenges.’’
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He furthered explained that the Commission which will be self funded, would have little percentages of its federal allocation deducted monthly.
He assured that the development would deepen unity among Nigerians.
Meanwhile NAIJ.com earlier reported that not less than 44 migrants, including women and babies died of thirst while on their way to Libya
The local officials on Thursday, June 1, said the migrants died after their vehicle broke down in the desert of northern Niger.
According to Lawal Taher, the department head for the Red Cross in the Bilma region six survivors walked to a remote village where they said those they were travelling with, mostly from Ghana and Nigeria died.
Rhissa Feltou, the mayor of Agadez, a remote town on the edge of the Sahara that has become the smuggling capital of Africa, confirmed the death toll of 44.
NAIJ.com reported visited National War Museum in Umuahia, Abia State to see what kind of machines were fabricated by Biafrian engineers during the war. Watch the NAIJ.com TV Video below: