Ali Ndume reintroduces peace corps bill at senate.

Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, has
reintroduced a bill seeking to establish the Nigeria
Peace Corps at the senate.
The bill was among six proposed laws introduced at the
upper legislative chamber on Tuesday.
The first reading of the peace corps bill was taken after
Nelson Ayewoh, clerk of the senate, read the short title
of it.
In February 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari refused
to sign the bill after the eighth assembly passed it in
2017.
The president expressed concern about funding for the
organisation.
Buhari said given the “scarce government resources”,
funding the organisation will be a financial burden on the
federal government.
The Peace Corps of Nigeria was embroiled in
controversies with other security organisations — the
police and the Department of State Services (DSS).
In 2017, the office of organisation in Abuja was sealed by
the police.