The Commandant General of Nigeria Peace Corps, Dr. Mustafa Mohammed Abubakar has commended the upper legislative Chamber for passing his version of Nigeria Peace Corps into law.
Reacting after the Senate passed the controversial bill which Prof. Dickson Akor has earlier spoke to the Press that Senate passed “Peace Corps of Nigeria” into law which he claimed was his version, Dr Abubakar in a dramatic turn said the bill was not the fresh one, but the previous one which was declined assent by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Insisting that his version was passed, he said: “In regards to what transpired at the National Assembly on Tuesday, I want to appreciate the members and the leadership of National Assembly and also all that made it possible for the passage of the Nigeria Peace Corps Bill at the National Assembly.
“In order to educate the masses of what transpires on Tuesday, it is not a new bill that was passed.
“Recall that Mr. President refused assent on this bill after the bill was passed by Eight assembly, raising some point, it is those points that were corrected now and successfully passed by the 9th Assembly.”
Dr Abubakar pointed out that it was the corrections which President Buhari spotted that were effected and passed.
So what is not a new establishment bills, it is the corrections of what Mr. President have seen that it will affect the organization in the future that he requested for correction.
“The correction was the short tittle and the long tittle of the bill and the interpretation of all title and the recommendation of all the memorandum, was what happened.
Speaking further, he.said: “National Unity and Peace Corps which is led by Mr. Chinedu Nneji forwarded by Humfrey Egbunam and Peace Corps of Nigeria led by Dickson Akoh and by the wisdom of National Assembly, the two establishment have similar objectives and that is why they collapse the two entity into one which is Nigeria Peace Corps at the 8th Assembly.
“They were all collapsed with their leaders and came up with Nigeria Peace Corps which I am heading today as Commandant General.”
He alleged that some elements are sycophantly collecting money from youths in the guise of giving them jobs, saying that as then Commandant General, he hasn’t ordered payment for anything.
“My advice to the members of the public is that the Nigeria Peace Corps is free hence the person is eighteen years and above, and should be mindful of many bad element that might use this privilege to extort their hard earned money.”
