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The Senate on Tuesday passed for second reading, a bill seeking to give legal backing to the Nigerian Peace Corps.
Another bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Hunters Council of Nigeria also scaled second reading on the floor during plenary on Tuesday.
The Peace Corps bill was sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume while that of NHCN was sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi.
Leading debate on his own bill, Ndume said, “the core mandate being sought by the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill is to Develop, Empower, and Provide Gainful Employment for the youth to facilitate Peace, Volunteerism, Community Services, Neighbourhood Watch, Nation-Building.”
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The Senate on Tuesday passed the Finance Bill 2020, transmitted by President Muhammadu Buhari on Nov. 25 for consideration.
The bill, which has 77 clauses was passed following adoption of the report of Senate Joint Committee on Finance, Customs, Excise and Tariff, Trade and Investment and Public Procurement at the Committee of the Whole.
Chairman of the Joint Committee, Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC – Lagos) while presenting the report, said the finance bill 2020 sought to amend 17 key finance Acts.
He listed the some of the Acts to include; Capital Gains Act, Companies Income Tax Act, Industrial Development (Income Tax Relief) Act and Personal Income Tax Act.
The bill was first read about a year ago on Tuesday, 17th December, 2019.
Leading debate on the bill, Senator Ndume said; “the core mandate being sought by the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill is to develop, empower, and provide gainful employment for the youth to facilitate peace, volunteerism, community services, neighbourhood watch, nation-building.”
The lawmaker added that the piece of legislation, when passed into law, would give statutory backing to the existing Peace Corps of Nigeria, which according to Ndume, currently has over 187,000 members comprising of regular staff and volunteers with well-structures network of branches in 36 States of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory.
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Peace Corps Bill passes second reading in Senate
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By Henry Umoru – Abuja
A bill for an Act to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps (NPC) to empower, develop and provide alternative employment for youth to facilitate peace and community services has passed second reading in the Senate.
The passage on Tuesday was sequel to the presentation of the lead debate by the sponsor of the bill, former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, All Progressives Congress, APC, Borno South.
In his lead debate on the general principles of the bill, Ndume who noted that the bill was read the first time in the 9th Senate on December 17, 2019, however, reminded the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on how the Bill was introduced and passed in the 8th Senate when he (Lawan) was the Senate leader.