Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said with the passage of the South-east Development Commission (SEDC), the people of the region will no longer be marginalised.

Mr Akpabio stated this shortly after the bill for the creation of the commission was passed during plenary on Thursday.

The bill was passed by the House of Representatives last December. Consequently, the lower chamber sent it to the Senate for concurrence.

If there are no areas for harmonisation, the bill will be sent to the President for assent as soon as possible.

It was passed a day after the bill for the establishment of the South-west Development Commission scaled second reading at the upper chamber.

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