- Dicskon Akoh has spoken on move by House of Representatives to override the president's rejection of the Peace Corps bill
- Akoh, the national commandant of the PCN said despite the failure by the lawmakers, the bill still stands
- According to Akoh, the Peace Corps bill is still on course
The national commandant of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, Dickson Akoh, has said that the agency's bill is still on course.
Akoh said the bill still stands to guide the functionality of the Peace Corps of Nigeria.
Speaking during the child dedication of Olayemi Dickson Ondu-Aje and fourth wedding anniversary of Yemi Itodo and his wife in Abuja, on Sunday, June 3, the Peace Corps boss said: "What the House of Representatives did was to say that it cannot override the action of the President buy the bill is still on course."
Akoh added.: "Do not weep for me because Peace Corps of Nigeria is not about me but about Nigeria."
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He also used the opportunity to call on Nigerian youths to keep fighting for what they believe and continue to hope for the best in the Nigerian Peace Corps.
Akoh said his purpose in life is to ensure that youths in the country are given the opportunity to flourish and become whom they desire to be in life.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously reported that members of the House of Representatives on Thursday, May 24, laid the Peace Corps Bill to rest.
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The lawmakers who had vowed to override President Muhammadu Buhari's rejection of the bill, reneged on their plans.
The decision by the House followed a process of giving legal backing to the already existing para-military outfit when a lawmaker from Kogi state, Sunday Karimi sponsored the bill.
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The bill passed its first reading on Monday, March 21 ,after a bill for an Act to establish the PCN had been rejected by the president on February 27.
The president giving reasons for rejecting the bill said there was no money to fund the Corps and that establishing the organisation would amount to duplication of existing security agencies.
However, following the president's rejection of the bill, a Delta state member of the House, Nicholas Ossai, told journalist in Abuja that President Buhari made a costly mistake by his action.
He also promised to collate signature to veto the president's decision on the bill.
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Source: Naija.ng