How move to override Buhari's veto on peace corps bill was resisted

On Thursday, May 24, members of the House of Representatives laid to rest the move to veto President Muhammadu Buhari's power on his rejection of the Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) bill. 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. The bill passed its first reading on Monday, March 21 after a bill for an Act to establish the PCN had been rejected bu 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 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. Ossai said he would undertake collation of signatures for the purpose overriding the President's veto. But in a shift of posts, lawmakers developed cold feet in their bid the muscle the president to assent the bill. 

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