Sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume (APC-Borno South), the bill was first read about a year ago on December 17, 2019.
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Bello Adamu, Public Relations Officer of the anti-graft agency in the zone, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, said the financial impropriety amounted to N54 million.
Bala Joshua, Commandant of the corps in the state, said this on Wednesday in Lafia while addressing 90 field officers from the 13 local government areas of the state.
The Bill, which was sponsored by Senator Bayero Nafada, is meant to empower and provide employment for the youths, facilitate peace, volunteerism, community services and nation building.
The National Commandant of the Nigerian Peace Corps, Dickson Akoh, was in March detained by the Police.
The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Publicity, Abdulrazak Namdas, told newsmen in Abuja that no bill with a name “National Unity Peace Corps Bill”, was introduced to the House
The corps donated more than N200,000 to assist patients and orphans as part of commitment to improve the lives of needy persons in the society
The Senate’s passage of the bill, titled: “Nigerian Peace Corps (NPC) Bill 2016,” came five months after a similar passage by the House of Representatives on June 12 this year