Nigeria, March 26 -- President Bola Tinubu has signed the South-west Development Commission (SWDC) Bill and South-south Development Commission (SSDC) Bill into law.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, disclosed this during plenary on Tuesday.

With the president's assent to the two bills, all six geo-political zones now have dedicated development commissions.

"Just to inform distinguished senators that Mr President has assented to the remaining regional development bills, the South-west Development Commission Bill and the South-south Development Commission Bill. We now have all the developmental commissions legally in existence," Mr Akpabio said.

The Senate also commended President Tinubu for signing the bills establishing the comm...