Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has commended President Bola Tinubu for establishing the South-South Development Commission (SSDC), describing the move as \u201chistoric and justice-driven.\u201d
Otu said the creation of the Commission represents a testament to President Tinubu\u2019s vision, equity-driven leadership, and commitment to the balanced growth of Nigeria\u2019s diverse regions.
\u201cFor too long, the South-South, despite its vast natural endowments, yearned for an institutional framework to translate its wealth into prosperity for its people. Truly, this Commission emerges as a long-awaited dawn for a land abundantly blessed, yet sorely yearning for enduring progress,\u201d the governor stated.
The governor also congratulated members of the newly inaugurated board of the Commission, sworn in on Thursday in Abuja by the Minister of Regional Development, Abubakar Momoh.
He particularly lauded the appointments of two Cross River indigenes, Mr. Soni Abang and Rt. Hon. Larry Odey, whom he described as \u201cdistinguished sons of the soil\u201d entrusted with a sacred responsibility to shape the destiny of the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo my brothers, Soni Abang and Larry Odey, your inauguration is not merely a political appointment but a sacred trust \u2014 a call to etch your names in golden letters upon the annals of our region\u2019s renaissance,\u201d Otu said.
He urged the appointees and their colleagues to ensure the Commission becomes a beacon of inclusivity, progress, and shared prosperity.
\u201cYour experience, expertise, and unyielding passion must now converge to make the Commission a sanctuary of progress and a monument of justice for generations yet unborn,\u201d he added.
Describing the South-South as a region \u201cwhose resources flow as rivers, yet whose promise has too often been deferred,\u201d Otu charged the new leadership to wield their mandate with fidelity by uplifting the youth, empowering communities, and weaving the six states into a fabric of hope and advancement.
He assured the board of Cross River\u2019s full support, pledging to work closely with the SSDC to ensure the region\u2019s wealth is harnessed to transform lives, end cycles of deprivation, and place the South-South on a path of inclusive prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has commended President Bola Tinubu for establishing the South-South Development Commission (SSDC), describing the move as \u201chistoric and justice-driven.\u201d Otu said the creation of the Commission represents a testament to President Tinubu\u2019s vision, equity-driven leadership, and commitment to the balanced growth of Nigeria\u2019s diverse regions. \u201cFor too long, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-naija-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/images-2025-08-30T182438.450.jpeg?fit=700%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17747,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746\/revisions\/17747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}