The House of Representatives sitting at the National Assembly has smashed any hope of reviving the Peace Corps bill, as it failed to pass the second reading. Members of the Honourable Yakubu Dogara-led Federal House of
Representatives has on Thursday, dashed any hope of reviving the Peace
Corps bill which was sponsored by Emmanuel Orker-Jev (APC, Benue).
National Commandant of the Nigerian Peace Corps, Dickson Akoh
The bill which seeks to turn the Corps, currently a
non-governmental organisation, into a government para-military agency,
had been passed by the National Assembly, but was rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari, who refused to sign it into law.
According to PREMIUM Times, some federal lawmakers had planned to
veto the president’s rejection, but on Thursday, the bill failed to pass
the second reading at the House of Representatives in Abuja.
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