Abuja: The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) is set to unlock the region’s economic potential by accelerating investments that promote industrialisation, regional connectivity, energy security, enterprise development, and human capital. The Managing Director of the Commission, Alhaji Mahammed Alkali, disclosed this during a media parley in Abuja.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, Alkali explained that the governing board of the Commission had approved landmark investments aimed at accelerating regional transformation, driving economic growth, and advancing President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The NEDC was established to coordinate years of insurgency and humanitarian crises and has progressively translated the Master Plan into tangible interventions that are restoring hope, rebuilding communities, and laying the foundation for long-term prosperity.
Alkali emphasized that the Commission’s initial efforts focused on the stabilization and recovery phase, which involved restoring critical infrastructure, supporting displaced communities, and rebuilding schools and health facilities. This was followed by the Renewal Phase, during which the Commission expanded investments in strategic infrastructure, renewable energy, education, healthcare, environmental sustainability, economic empowerment, and institutional development across the six states of the region.
Currently, the Commission is entering the next phase of the Master Plan-Expansion and Sustainable Growth. This phase seeks to unlock the region’s economic potential by accelerating investments that promote industrialisation, regional connectivity, energy security, enterprise development, and human capital. According to Alkali, the North-East Stabilisation and Development Master Plan (NESDMP) is guided by 11 strategic pillars, including peaceful society, leadership in agriculture, healthy citizens, purposeful infrastructure, productive entrepreneurs, educated populace, and protected environment. Other pillars include industrialisation, flourishing trade, memorable experiences, and a connected region.
Alkali asserted that the Commission is shifting its focus from rebuilding what was lost to creating conditions for long-term competitiveness and shared prosperity. He highlighted that the North-East is no longer defined by its past but by the promise of its future. The region is transitioning from recovery, renewal, and stabilization to development, and from recovery to prosperity. This vision reflects the Commission’s unwavering commitment to transforming the region into a peaceful, productive, and investment-ready area, contributing significantly to Nigeria’s economic development, national stability, and regional integration.