President Bola Tinubu has signed a bill establishing the North Central Development Commission into law.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio stated on Tuesday that President Tinubu had also approved bills to construct a federal polytechnic in Rano, Kano state, and a federal university of health sciences in Tsafe, Zamfara state.
There have been requests for the president to sign the measure establishing the North Central Commission into law. The law attempts to boost the geographic zone’s economy and infrastructure.
Akpabio did not specify when these bills were signed, but his declaration came a day after Tinubu signed a bill creating a federal university of environmental technology in Ogoni, Rivers state.
During a signing ceremony at the presidential villa on Monday, Tinubu said the institution would address the environmental issues in Ogoni and expand educational opportunities in the Niger Delta as a whole.
“For decades, the Ogoni people have been at the forefront of the fight for environmental restoration and sustainable development, shaping both national and global conversations on these critical issues,” Tinubu had said.
The Ogoni are well-known for their long-standing agitation against the environmental damage caused by oil prospecting, particularly by multinational businesses.
In the early 1990s, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), led by the late activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, brought global attention to the environmental degradation of Ogoni country.
This sparked major protests and clashes with the Nigerian government.
