SEDC: ‘Igbo always hurting themselves’ – Chekwas Okorie

The pioneer National Chairman of APGA, Chief Chekwas Okorie, has urged stakeholders successful the South-East to enactment the South-East Development Commission, SEDC, and debar actions susceptible of undermining the recently established involution agency.

Okorie made the entreaty connected Wednesday successful Enugu portion reacting to the contention surrounding the operations of the committee pursuing its caller clash with the Senate Committee overseeing its activities.

DAILY POST recalls that the Senate Committee, chaired by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, had expressed concerns implicit the absorption of the commission, including its expenditure connected bureau accommodation and consultancy services.

Speaking astatine a property conference, Okorie said the South-East should desist from “hurting itself” astatine a clip erstwhile a improvement instauration designed to code the region’s challenges was opening to instrumentality shape.

“I person been progressive successful the conflict for the South-East for implicit 50 years without interruption.

“I cognize however overmuch harm we bash to ourselves, particularly erstwhile bully th...