Appointments to public offices, especially in newly created critical institutions like the Southeast Development Commission (SEDC), should not be dictated by political loyalty but by competence, integrity, and a verifiable track record of achievements. The recent appointment of Mr. Mark Okoye as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the SEDC by President Bola…

The Chairman of the Security, Climate Change, and Special Interventions Committee on the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Sam Ifeanyi Onuigbo, yesterday, said that President Bola Tinubu deserves special thanks for empanelling the South-East Development Commission (SEDC).

  A coalition of Southeast lawmakers, Ohanaeze Youth Movement, led by Barr. Uche Nnadi, and chairpersons of political parties in the region, led by Action Alliance National Chairman, Kenneth Udeze, have expressed their support for the recent recomposition of the South East Development Commission (SEDC) board. The lawmakers backing the move include Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere…

The Igbo people of the Southeast have expressed their joy following the rejigging of the list of nominees for the South-East Development Commission (SEDC) inaugural board, replacing the initial chairmanship nominee, Hon. Emeka Atuma, with Dr. Emeka Nworgu. President Bola Tinubu, in a new list of nominees sent to the Senate for confirmation, replaced all…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted a revised list of nominees for the inaugural Governing Board of the North-West Development Commission (NWDC) to the Senate for confirmation, replacing Ambassador Haruna Ginsau with Alhaji Lawal Samai’la Abdullahi as chairman. The President also nominated Hon. Emeka Atuma as the pioneer chairman of the South-East Development Commission (SEDC)…

Amid falling or stagnating revenues, rising funding needs and the ballooning cost of debt service, state governments may not only lose their fiscal lifeline to emergency development vehicles

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has said that the South East Development Commission (SEDC) would solve the ecological challenges in the region.    Kalu gave the assurance at Uzoakoli, Abia State, during his ongoing tour of the 13 electoral wards of his constituency.    He had in the last…

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said that the South East Development Commission (SEDC) will solve the ecological challenges in the region. Kalu gave the assurance at Uzuakoli in Bende federal constituency of Abia State during the ongoing tour of the 13 electoral wards in the constituency he represents at the…

Since the end of the Nigeria – Biafra war of 1967-1970, not much government development is evident in the geopolitical space called the Southeast region of Nigeria.