Nigerian Senate has passed a Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of National Poverty Eradication Commission (NAPEC).
Senator Rabiu Musa
Kwankwaso while reporting on behalf of the Senate joint committee on National
Planning and Economic Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and Social Welfare, said,
“This is the first time in the history of the Nigerian federal legislature that
an attempt is boldly being made in passing into law, a Bill that would put to
test, the justifiability of economic and social provisions as contained in the
Act.”
The Bill which was read for the second time on the 21st April
2016 and committed to the joint committee, seeks to enact a law that will
strengthen the execution of the Poverty Eradication Programmes in Nigeria.
The Bill recommended a
Director – General (DG) as the executive head of the commission, when
established, with about 5 directorates under the DG, among other staff.
The Commission shall also be administered by a National
Coordination Council, to include, a chairman, six other members, one
representing each of the six geopolitical zones of the country, the Special
Adviser to the President on Poverty Eradication, President of the National
Association of Small Scale Industries and representatives of relevant
government agencies.
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