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A public hearing on the bill was conducted alongside three others by the Senate Committee on Interior.
The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Kashim Shettima in his opening remarks said the reason behind the legislative proposal among others, is to reposition and streamline the Institutional framework of the organization by strengthening its capacity to provide community policing.
In doing this, Shettima said, the Nigeria Peace Corps when officially recognised and regularised by the government through passage of its establishment bill, will offer community service to the citizenry, develop, empower and provide gainful employment for the youths.
Drama As Vigilantes Storm National Assembly With Guns, Charms, Seek Legislative Backing
The members of the group who brandished various types of local guns called for the passage of the bill to enable them compliment the efforts of other security agencies
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 18, 2021
Members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) from various states in the country on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly Complex in Abuja to seek legislative backing that will enhance their operations in the country.
The group who mobilised its members in large number to participate in a one-day Public Hearing on the Bills for an Act to establish the Nigeria Hunters Council of Nigeria, a Bill to establish Nigeria Peace Corps and others by the Senate Committee on Interior.
Kashim Shettima
Sen. Kashim Shettima, Chairman, Senate Committee on Interior, has urged the Federal Government to recruit additional security personnel towards tackling current security challenges in Nigeria.
Shettima said this during a public hearing on four bills in Abuja on Tuesday.
The bills were a bill for an act to establish the Nigerian Civil Defence Academy, Pandogari, a bill for an act to establish the Nigeria Peace Corps (NPC), a bill for an act to establish the National Unity Corps (NUC) and a bill for an act to establish the Nigeria Hunters’ Council (NHC).
He said that in the face of the current security challenges, the bills would help to further strengthen the existing security architecture in the country as well as help to provide gainful employments to teeming youths.