The Spokesman for the House of Representatives, Abdulrazaq Namdas, played down on the move to counter Muhammadu Buhari, the President of Nigeria on the Peace Corps Bill which was rejected, saying that the NASS was still studying the bill.
Namdas said that it was only after studying the President’s rejection letter that the NASS would take necessary action.
“It is after we have exhaustively scanned through Buhari’s letter rejecting the bill that we can take a definite action on the matter,” Namdas said.
Similarly, the Spokesman for the Senate, Sabi Abdullahi, who represents Niger North district, vowed the Senate would do what the Constitution specifies once the President refuses assent to the Peace Corps Bill.
“The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria provides for what should be done if a bill has been passed by the National Aseembly, transmitted to the President for assent and he fails to do that. I think that was what was done on the issue of the NDDC Bill for example.
“So in this case, as much as many of us are aligned to the need to have the Peace Corps and we believe that it will add to provide another layer of our security system it should be allowed. Remember the bill says that the agency is not going to be part of the Interior Ministry but that of Youths and it is designed actually to help to support the youths in so many ways through engagements, volunteerism and many other things.
“For me, the Peace Corps as a very good thing; it is not new to Nigeria but it is happening in many other countries and that was why we approved it in the first place,” the Senator explained.
