By Emman Ovuakporie & Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA—Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, and Governor Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State, yesterday, declared their support for the establishment of North-East Development Commission.

Mrs Buhari’s position was contained in a memorandum she submitted at a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on IDPs, Refugees and North East Initiatives.

Gaidam, represented by his Commissioner for Education, Mohammed Lamin, advised that the commission’s headquarters be cited in the state capital, Damaturu, which he said was more central for administrative purposes than Maiduguri.