By NewsCritic Reporters
Abia State born businessman and grassroots mobilizer, Hon (Chief) Acho Ojukwu has applauded the signing into law of the South East Development Commission Bill by President Bola Tinubu, saying that it will promote economic and social justice in the region.
In a chat with newsmen in Umuahia weekend, Hon Acho Ojukwu doffed his cap for the Deputy Speaker House of Representatives, Rt Hon Ben Kalu, and all the National Assembly members who contributed in one way or the other towards the realization of the dream.
Hon Acho Ojukwu said the Commission would aim to address the South East region’s unique challenges and needs, including infrastructure development, healthcare, education and human capital development.
He noted that since the end of the civil war in 1970 which devastated the entire South East region’s landscape, the reconstruction of the region’s infrastructure has remained elusive despite the federal government proclamation to that effect.
Ojukwu why expressing his support for the new Commission urged the State governments, local governments and critical stakeholders to work closely with the South East Development Commission, SEDC, to achieve its objectives.
According to him by signing the bill into law, President Tinubu has proven that he has the interest of the South East at heart, adding that the region has suffered neglect and marginalization in the hands of successive administration in the country.
“It’s my earnest hope and that of many stakeholders that the signing of the SEDC bill into law president Bola Tinubu will usher in a new phase of economic and infrastructural development in the region which had been neglected and left to its ugly fate.”
The SEDC is expected to among other things formulate policies and programmes for the development of the South East region, provide support for entrepreneurship, innovation and job creation, as well as address environmental and ecological challenges in the region.
Acho Ojukwu is a political leader and mobilizer in Umuahia, Abia State. He is known to had sponsored several youth empowerments, entrepreneurial and skill acquisition programmes in Umuahia Umuahia North LGA and still doing more.
As an Executive member of the Common wealth Entrepreneur Club, Ojukwu believes in youth employment, SME enhancements and capacity building, as drivers of economic development. He is also a food security geothermal energy expert.