SENATE PASSES NIGERIA PEACE CORP BILL
The Senate on Tuesday 25th July, 2017 finally passed a bill to make the Peace Corp of Nigeria which is being run on a voluntary basis a government agency to be run as a Para-military organization. The Bill, which was sponsored by Sen. Bayero Nafada(APC-Gombe), is meant to empower and provide employment for the youths, facilitate peace, volunteerism, community services and nation building. The bill was passed in a unanimous voice vote after the Chairman, Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Sen. David Umaru, presented report on issues surrounding adoption of the conference report on the bill. He said the major objective of the NPC bill, which is to provide employment for the youths, could be achieved by strengthening existing agencies and not necessarily creating new ones. He said it would prevent the Federal Government from being overburdened. He said the committee, however observed that the powers and functions of the NPC called for c...
