The Nzuko Alaigbo Socio-Cultural Progressives have hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for reconstituting the board of the South East Development Commission (SEDC).
In a press statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the organization also commended the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, for championing the bill and working closely with the president and the leadership to ensure its signing.
The statement, signed by the organisation’s National President, Dr Tim Ihemadu, also dismissed a report in the media insinuating that the constitution of the SEDC Board had sparked trouble between and among certain political leaders in the region.
Ihemadu insisted that the people of the South East are happy and in full support of President Tinubu and his government.
According to him, President Tinubu has proven naysayers wrong by immediately reconstituting the Board after some initial hiccups, said people in the South East are in a jubilant mood, having seen President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope in action.
He added that since the end of the Nigerian civil war in 1971, this is the first time the federal government is making real efforts to reintegrate the South East with the rest of the country.
The organisation therefore thanked President Tinubu for this gesture and assured him of the continued support of the South East for his government.
The statement read in part: “The reconstitution of the Board of the South East Development Commission (SEDC), by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has set the region agog.
“Initially, the first list of the Board that came out had kept everyone silent, but having rejigged the Board with a more dynamic approach, it now has those who will champion the cause of development for the region. Men with impeccable track records are now on the Board to manage the Commission.
“We want to thank Mr. President for quickly constituting the Board, because people were thinking that this thing will not materialize. In fact, initially, people were thinking that he would not sign the Bill (for the establishment of the SEDC), but he has signed it and finally he has constituted the Board with the right people.
Dr Ihemadu further called on Mr. President to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOBP, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, whom the Court had earlier cleared of all the charges leveled against him.
He added there was no rift between Rep. Kalu and the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, over the composition of the Board of the SEDC as reported in the media.
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