FG Unveils Regional Development Policy

The federal government has unveiled a National Regional Development Policy aimed at providing a strategic framework for the operations of regional development commissions and strengthening development planning across the country.
Minister of Regional Development, Abubakar Momoh, announced this on Thursday after briefing the National Economic Council (NEC) on the policy alongside the Minister of State for Regional Development and the ministry’s Permanent Secretary.
Momoh told State House correspondents that the policy was developed to address the absence of a formal framework guiding the activities of the regional development commissions, despite the inauguration of the first batch of ...