The Senate has
suspended passage of the conference report on the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill ,
over the allegation of fraud in the recruitment exercise by the organisation
which is being prosecuted in a court .
The bill sharply
divided senators at the plenary. Both the Senate and the House of
Representatives had separately passed the bill before the harmonisation of its
provisions.
In a recent
development, the Commander in charge of Lokoja Local Government, Nigerian Peace
Corps, Patriot Danladi in an exclusive interview with The Graphic refuted the
claims as mere rumours.
Patriot Danladi
revealed that contrary to reports making rounds a bill on the Nigerian Peace
Corps was passed by senate and forwarded to the Committee on Judiciary.
The Commander further
noted that the committee has been given a deadline of two weeks to work on the
bill before it is sent to the office of the President for assent.
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