First is a Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Nat'l Poverty Eradication Commission and for other matters connected...— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) April 21, 2016
...therewith 2016 SB. 23 by Senator Ibrahim Gobir of Sokoto East Senatorial District.— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) April 21, 2016
The upper legislative chamber demonstrated this by passing for second reading, a bill for an act to provide for the establishment of the National Poverty Eradication Commission and other matters (2016) sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Gobir ( APC Sokoto East) overwhelmingly.
Senator Ibrahim Gobir harps on the need to have a full commission. Backed with laws in place of #NAPEP to cater for poverty eradication.— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) April 21, 2016
Gobir in his lead debate in the bill which seeks for an Act to Establish the National Poverty Eradication Commission “ said unlike the National Poverty Eradication Programme( NAPEP) and similar agencies already established by the federal government, the proposed commission, would be backed with relevant laws as a statutory body vested with responsibilities of coordinating and monitoring all poverty activities in Nigeria.
The lawmaker said the intendment of the bill is for the commission to maintain a data bank on all poverty issues in the country and act as government agency for catalyzing resources at all times for the purposes of eradicating poverty for mass participation in the economic development process.
He added that the commission when established, would be saddled with responsibility of quarterly informing Nigerians of percentage reduction in poverty .
The commission would also be made of five directorates to be headed by a Director- General under the supervision of a chairman and six other members.
Senator Barnabas Gemade now takes the floor. He says the manifesto of @APCNigeria includes the eradication of poverty & the #2016Budget...— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) April 21, 2016
...has N500Million committed to it and as such the enabling commission to push the eradication of poverty must be in place.— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) April 21, 2016
Senate Minority Leader @SenAkpabio also speaks in support of the National Poverty Eradication Commission Bill.— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) April 21, 2016
DSP Ekweremadu now rounds off the debate and the Nat'l Poverty Eradication Commission Bill passes second reading.— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) April 21, 2016
The Bill is referred to the #NationalPlanningCttee for further legislative inputs to report back in four weeks.— Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) April 21, 2016
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