The bill, sponsored by Borno senator, Ali Ndume, seeks to give legal backing to the establishment of the Peace Corps as a government parastatal and allow its members to be absorbed into the proposed organisation at commencement.declined assent to the legislation in February 2018, citing security concerns as one of the reasons for his decision.
The legislation, if passed, would give statutory backing to the existing Peace Corps of Nigeria, which currently has over 187,000 members, comprising regular staff and volunteers, he had told his colleagues. In a committee of the whole, the Senate considered all 40 clauses of the bill and passed it afterwards.
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