The Osun State Commandant of the Nigerian Peace Corps (NPC), Mr. Paul Ayinde, has warned youths to be wary of sinister groups operating in t...
The Osun State Commandant of the Nigerian Peace Corps (NPC), Mr. Paul Ayinde, has warned youths to be wary of sinister groups operating in the name of the organisation.
The commandant gave this warning while decrying activities of a group, National Unity and Peace Corps (NUPEC), which has been parading itself as the National Assembly-approved organisation.
Ayinde alleged that the group has been holding activities in the name of the corps.
According to him, NUPEC had been claiming to be part of the bill recently passed, saying the bill only affected Nigeria Peace Corps (NPC).
Reacting to the controversies surrounding the bill, Senate spokesman Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, said the bill was to give legal backing to the existing Peace Corps of Nigeria, under Dickson Akoh.
Senator Abdullahi said it was necessary to explain the ambiguity, saying reports that the National Assembly passed and adopted the National Unity and Peace Corps Bill was misleading.
The Senator, therefore, expunged the NUPEC from the newly harmonised version of the bill, saying with the new bill, the head of the Peace Corps shall be referred to as the National Commandant, with six Deputy National Commandants representing the six geopolitical zones of the country.
The commandant gave this warning while decrying activities of a group, National Unity and Peace Corps (NUPEC), which has been parading itself as the National Assembly-approved organisation.
Ayinde alleged that the group has been holding activities in the name of the corps.
According to him, NUPEC had been claiming to be part of the bill recently passed, saying the bill only affected Nigeria Peace Corps (NPC).
Reacting to the controversies surrounding the bill, Senate spokesman Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, said the bill was to give legal backing to the existing Peace Corps of Nigeria, under Dickson Akoh.
Senator Abdullahi said it was necessary to explain the ambiguity, saying reports that the National Assembly passed and adopted the National Unity and Peace Corps Bill was misleading.
The Senator, therefore, expunged the NUPEC from the newly harmonised version of the bill, saying with the new bill, the head of the Peace Corps shall be referred to as the National Commandant, with six Deputy National Commandants representing the six geopolitical zones of the country.
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