JUST IN: Thousands Of Nigerians To Get New Job As Buhari Finally Moves To Sign Peace Corps Bill
The Peace Corps Bill which was harmonised and passed into law last week after the Conference Committee laid its report has been transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.
The Clerk-to-the National Assembly, CNA, Sani Magaji Tambuwal transmitted the bill on Wednesday in anticipation of President Buhari’s assent before he leaves office on May 29, 2023.
The letter which was addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari dated April 12, 2023, cited relevant sections of the Constitution and urged him to assent to the bill.
Three copies of the authenticated bill were forwarded to the President for assent, one of which is expected to be retained by him and the other two, sent back to the National Assembly for further action.
President Buhari now has three days window and that is until May 11, to sign the bill
If the bill is signed into law, the status of Peace Corps would change from volunteerism into a full-fledged government-funded agency.
