SAN FRANCISCO, March 21, (THEWILL) -The House of Representatives has re-introduced a bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps organisation and the bill seeking to reorder the sequence of elections.
THEWILL recalls that the National Assembly had earlier passed the two bills but President Muhammadu Buhari witheld his assent to them.
He faulted the electoral act amendment saying it was infringing on the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and cited the duplication of roles (of other agencies) and lack of funds as his reasons for rejecting the Peace Corps bill.
Displeased, the lawmakers vowed to override the president on the Peace Corps bill, they resolved to amend two of the three areas Buhari faulted in the electoral amendment bill.
The House also introduced 10 other bills including the bill for an act to establish the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management, a bill for an act to establish the Nigerian Council for Social Works, a bill for an act to establish the police procurement fund, a bill for an act to establish the Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of Nigeria, a bill for an act to establish the Chartered Institute of Public Management of Nigeria, a bill for an act to establish the Chartered Institute of Exports and Community Brokers of Nigeria and a bill for an act to establish the Federal University, Wukari.
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