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The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) has held a stakeholders' consultative forum for its ambitious development initiative, the North-East Stabilisation and Development Master Plan (NESDMP). The NESDMP seeks to identify the needs of the region and spell out strategies, policies and remedial interventionist measures for addressing them on a short and long-term basis. The Commission consulted relevant stakeholders in 112 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and with humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actors, representatives of member states, CSOs/CBOs, and private and federal legislators from the zone. The North East Development Commission (NEDC) is developing a Master Plan to promote and facilitate the physical and socio-economic development of the North East region. At the Wednesday, January 26, 2022 interaction in Abuja, the NEDC presented an overview and current status of the Master Plan and sought to harness inputs from the MDA's and security agencies for inclusion in the plan. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, and the six-member state governments in the region have been providing maximum cooperation and support. At the stakeholders' engagement forum on the Master Plan, Zulum urged state governors in the region to work together towards actualisation of the plan.