The South East Development Commission: Planning, Expectations and the Funding Question
Following the SEDC Story From the Beginning IF you have been following this page and even my work as a journalist, you will realize how closely we have followed matters pertaining to the South East Development Commission SEDC . It started right from when the SEDC bill was passed by the Senate in 2024 after similar passage at the Lower Chamber, to the inauguration of the commission the following year by President Bola Tinubu , upto its Vision 2050 Stakeholders Forum this year. The focus on this regional development commission lies majorly in seeing the South East prosper. The Infrastructure Question in the South East While the region has been highly eulogized as peopled with industrious citizens, the whispered and sometimes openly expressed thoughts, is that much of that industriousness are majorly birthed and flourish outside the region, sometimes to the detriment of region's economic growth. One of the culprits for that unintentional exodus has been the lack of adequate infras...