SENATE TO PASS SOUTH-SOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BILL
Senate Reconsiders South-South Development Commission Bill The Nigerian Senate on Thursday reopened debate on a bill to establish the South-South Development Commission which was suspended in July. The bill scaled through second reading during the plenary session. In a fresh twist, the expression of 'what is good for the goose is good for the gander’ prevailed as the South-South lawmakers made a case for reconsideration of the South-South Development Commission bill. Sen. Asuquo Ekpenyong-Cross River South At today's sitting, the majority of lawmakers embraced the merits of the commission asserting that it will be development-based not resource-based like the NDDC. Sen. Kawu Sumaila-Kano South The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin and a lawmaker From Kogi State while speaking to the bill suggested that other oil producing states could be included in the NDDC, saying the NDDC name could be changed to accommodate more oil states. Sen. Barau Jibrin- Deputy S