President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed 12 new members take over from the current governing board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC).
The appointments were contained in a letter Buhari addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, seeking confirmation of the new NEDC appointees.
The nominees include: Barr. Bashir Bukar Baale, Chairman, (North East, Yobe), Suwaiba Idris Baba, Executive Director, Humanitarian Affairs, (North East, Taraba), Musa Umar Yashi, Executive Director, Administration and Finance, (North East, Bauchi), Dr Ismaila Nuhu Maksha, Executive Director, Operations (North East, Adamawa) and Umar Abubakar Hashidu, MD/CEO, (North East, Gombe).
Others are Grema Ali, member, (North East, Borno), Onyeka Gospel-Tony, member, (South East), Hon. Mrs Hailmary Ogolo Aipoh, member, (South-South), Air Commodore Babatunde Akanbi (rtd), member, (South West), Mustapha Ahmed Ibrahim, member, (North West), Hadiza Maina, member, (North Central) and a representative from the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning.
The NEDC is charged with the responsibility of assessing and coordinating efforts toward rebuilding of infrastructure and institutions destroyed by terrorists in the North East region which covers Borno, Adamawa, Bauchi, Taraba, Gombe and Yobe States.
Funding of the Commission comes from various sources including the Federal Government, international bilateral donors, the African Development Bank, the World Bank, the UN, the European Union, USAID and the UKAID/DFID, among others.
