Senate Appoints Orji Kalu Committee Chairman, S/E Dev’t Commission

The Senate has announced Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the substantive pioneer Chairman of the newly created South East Development Commission, SEDC, one of the Regional Development Commissions signed into law by President Bola Tinubu.

The appointment was announced by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary in Abuja.

Senator Ken Eze was also appointed as the vice chairman of the committee

Akapbio said that other members of the committee will be announced in due course.

With this development Kalu who also chaired the screening ad hoc committee on regional development commissions of the North West and South East is expected to lead other members of the committee to conduct oversight of the South-East Development Commission to achieve set objectives.

James Itodo, Edited By Grace Namiji