The Harmonised Report of the Conference Committee was laid and adopted by the House of Reps on Thursday
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Gowon also expressed optimism that President Muhammad Buhari would sign the passed bill into law at a ceremony
The National Commandant of the corps, Ambassador Dickson Akoh, made the appeal when he received the delegation of the African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council at the national headquarters of the corps on Thursday in Abuja.
Ndume made the call in Abuja on Thursday at the Peace Corps of Nigeria Founders’ Day and 22nd anniversary of the corps.
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Monday told the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to respect court orders directing the Force to reopen the Peace Corps of Nigeria’s office in Abuja.
At the award ceremony which held in Abuja on Saturday, the project Coordinator for the platform, Omoboye Adeboye, said the Bill for an Act to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps as passed by both chambers was the most popular and widely endorsed legislative piece in the entire 8th Assembly.
The Peace Corps of Nigeria on Tuesday appealed to the Inspector General of Police to obey court orders and unseal its office in Jabi, Abuja.
The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Asinim Butswat, made the confirmation to the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenegoa.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had declared the clamp down on the Peace Corps by NSCDC as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional.
Akoh also called on stakeholders in security sector to urge the IG-P to obey the rule of law.
He made the call at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja.
The trial judge, Justice John Tsoho stopped the trial on Tuesday, on the grounds that the police failed to unseal the Corporate Head Office of the corps as ordered by the court.
Akoh told newsmen on Monday in Abuja that the corps would remain focused and not distracted in spite of the debate on the PCN Bill.
Akoh is asking the court for an indefinite adjournment, pending when the Nigerian Police will obey an earlier order of the court to unseal the headquarters of the corps.
The youths in collaboration with the Coalition of Non Governmental Organisations, Civil Society Organisations told journalists in Minna, Niger State that the action of Buhari has dashed the hopes and aspirations of millions of youths.
Buhari stated the reasons in a letter sent to National Assembly
The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Sadiq Bello, was said to have given the assurance through a phone conversation with the National Commandant of PCN, Dickson Akoh in Abuja
The Public Relations Officer of PCN, Millicent Umoru, said this in Abuja on Wednesday at a news conference
But in a statement on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, the police said its attention had been drawn to innuendos and misinformation created by some media reports on the closure of the office of the Peace Corps of Nigeria in Jabi, Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the head office of the corps located in Jabi area of the FCT was arbitrarily sealed on the order of the IGP.
The corps in Form 48 on Contempt of Court filed on Wednesday prayed the court to jail Idris to serve as deterrent to others in position of authority