A Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of
National Poverty Eradication Commission ( NAPEC) has been passed by the
Nigerian Senate.
While submitting a report on behalf of the Senate joint
committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and
Social Welfare, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso 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.
When assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari, 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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