24th May, 2018
The House of Representatives’ move to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Peace Corps Bill failed on Thursday as the lawmakers voted against the second reading of the bill in Abuja.
The bill sought to turn the Peace Corps, currently a non-governmental organisation, into a government para-military agency.
The bill, which had been passed by the National Assembly was rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari, who refused to sign it into law as the president claim that there was not enough fund to meet the demands of the corps.
Some lawmakers had planned to veto the president’s rejection.
However, on Thursday, the bill failed to pass the second reading at the House of Representatives.
The Peace Corps body has over 150,000 under its enclave that could have been employed automatically if the bill had been signed into law by Buhari.