The house of representatives has
re-introduced a bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps
organization.
Also re-introduced during plenary
on Wednesday is the bill seeking to reorder the sequence of elections.
The house had earlier passed the
two bills but President Muhammadu Buhari witheld his assent to them.
While he faulted that of
electoral act amendment as infringing on the powers of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), he cited the duplication of roles (of other
agencies) and lack of funds as his reasons for rejecting the Peace Corps bill.
The president’s decision did not
go down well with the lawmakers.
While the lawmakers said they
will override the president on the Peace Corps bill, they resolved to amend two
of the three areas Buhari faulted in the electoral amendment bill.
Some other bills which were
re-introduced for passage into law include the bill for an act to establish the
Chartered Institute of Treasury Management, a bill for an act to establish the
Nigerian Council for Social Works, a bill for an act to amend the currency
conversion, freezing orders act to give discretionary powers to the judge of
high court to order for forfeiture of assets of affected persons, and a bill
for an act to establish the police procurement fund.
Others are a bill for an act to
amend the environmental health officers council registration act, a bill for an
act to establish the Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of
Nigeria, a bill for an act to establish the Chartered Institute of Public
Management of Nigeria.
Also included are a bill for an
act to establish the Chartered Institute of Exports and Community Brokers of
Nigeria and a bill for an act to establish the Federal University, Wukari.
TheCable understands that some
lawmakers in the lower legislative chamber are in support of Buhari’s rejection
of the Peace Corps bill.
A legislative source told
TheCable that while these lawmakers are “not courageous” to declare in the open
that they support the bill’s rejection, they are mobilising to vote against it
when the time comes for its passage.
“It (passage of the bill) is not
going to be easy. Contrary to what many think, getting a two-third majority
vote on the bill will be very tough,” the source said.
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