President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted the names of the inaugural Governing Board members for the North West Development Commission, NWDC, to the Senate for confirmation.

The NWDC Governing Board nominees submitted to the Senate by Tinubu include are as follows:

Chairman: Ambassador Haruna Ginsau (Jigawa)

MD/CEO: Professor Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji (Kano)

Members: Dr. Yahaya Umar Namahe (Sokoto); Hon. Aminu Suleiman (Kebbi); Sen. Tijani Yahaya Kaura (Zamfara); Hon. Abdulkadir S. Usman (Kaduna); Hon. Muhammad Ali Wudil (Kano); Shamsu Sule (Katsina); and Nasidi Ali (Jigawa).

President Tinubu had recently assented to the bill sponsored by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, to accelerate development in the North West geopolitical zone, comprising Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto and Zamfara states.

The North-West Development Commission is set up to facilitate the reconstruction of roads, houses, and business premises destroyed by multidimensional crises and tackle poverty, literacy level, ecological problems, and any other related environmental or development challenges in North-West states.