ABUJA—AHEAD of the establishment of the proposed Nigeria Peace Corps, the Senate has given President Muhammadu Buhari the power to hire and fire the National Commandant General of the corps. Senators are, however, divided over an aspect of its general principles which proposes that only the President can nominate the national commandant of the corps and forward same to the Senate for confirmation. The Senate has also recommended seven years imprisonment or a fine of N100,000 for erring staff of the corps when it finally becomes a new legally-backed organisation by the Federal Government. The recommendations of the Senate were sequel to a report by the Committee on Interior on a bill for the creation of National Peace Corps. Presenting the report in Abuja,weekend, acting chairman of Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Bayero Nafada, said the national commandant of the corps would be answerable to the President and not the Senate as canvassed by the lawmakers. Prior to the presentation of the report, lawmakers, who opposed the proposal of the committee have, however, insisted that the national commandant of the corps should be answerable to the President and not the Senate as proposed by lawmakers. Senators had argued during the earlier debate on the general principles of the proposed law, that the President could only nominate national commandant of the corps and forward same to the Senate for confirmation . In his presentation of the report, Senator Nafada said the Bill for an Act to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps would empower, develop and provide employment for the youths, as well as help facilitate peace and community services as that would give legal backing to the already existing corps nation wide. According to him, when established, besides ensuring peace in the country, it would provide alternative employment for the youths, community development services and nation building. The House of Representatives had earlier passed the bill . The two legislative houses are, however, expected to raise a conference committee to harmonize their differences, if any before it can be forwarded to President Buhari for assent.

Dis will create more jobs....FTC

peace corps ti dobe sha

Rubbish. Very soon they will be like Nigeria police

So the Senate President wants to answer the Commander-in-chief of Armed Corps? Smh

Anyways job creation is in order.

obiageIi:
Creating another nonsense while struggling to pay salaries.

madam try and get the form....tinz will be fine soon in niaja.

obiageIi:

Commandant General form?

I meam the peace corps form....fill it amd sumit in ur state....den pray along for president to sign it on time.

I heard from someone that, the house is only "RECOGNIZING" them in the Nigeria constitution as a corp and therefore allow any private organization or government own institution/agency to hire them.

They are not going to recieve salary under government.

Smart job hunters will get the form immediately, my sister was given civil defence Job with two stars and posted to taraba she rejected it,after two months Govt absorbed it she went back and begged to be given even one star and wouldn't mind being posted to Maiduguri. For wiah!!!!

Why do we like duplicating agencies in this country? We already have the Nigeria police and the civil defence corps, why do we need another national peace corps?

We should be thinking about merging most of the current agencies with overlapping duties and not creating more for the fun of it.

Hammefeez:
I heard from someone that, the house is only "RECOGNIZING" them in the Nigeria constitution as a corp and therefore allow any private organization or government own institution/agency to hire them.

They are not going to recieve salary under government.

my guy..hv bim folowing the proceedings in the senate....they will be under interior...last sitting it was the police and civil.defense dat was against it...but I kno soonest..it will be signed into law....civil defense went tru such...but today...civil defense job na.hot cake....peace corps will be under interior minitry

kuuljay:
Smart job hunters will get the form immediately, my sister was given civil defence Job with two stars and posted to taraba she rejected it,after two months Govt absorbed it she went back and begged to be given even one star and wouldn't mind being posted to Maiduguri. For wiah!!!!

in the 80s.. federal road safty started like dis....so.as civil.defense early 90s....nobodi can tell oo....peace corp has scale second reading...no dull urself

kodine:
my guy..hv bim folowing the proceedings in the senate....they will be under interior...last sitting it was the police and civil.defense dat was against it...but I kno soonest..it will be signed into law....civil defense went tru such...but today...civil defense job na.hot cake....peace corps will be under interior minitry

alright, may God help you guys sha.

My advice: Don't spend too much money on it.

kodine:
in the 80s.. federal road safty started like dis....so.as civil.defense early 90s....nobodi can tell oo....peace corp has scale second reading...no dull urself

nah!!! Me don work tire sef,thinking of retiring