Three prominent traditional rulers on Monday in Abuja hinted that monarchs in the country will table before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu the need to give Presidential Assent to the Bill of the Peace Corps of Nigeria to make it a statutory body.

The National Commandant of the Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN), Professor, Dickson Ameh Akoh has appealed passionately with President Muhammadu Buhari to  this time around, assent to a Bill for an Act that would make the organization a statutory body.

The National Assembly has forwarded the harmonized version of the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill after passage by both the Senate and the House of Representatives to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.

The Senate Thursday affirmed the National Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria, Professor Dickson Akoh, as the owner of the bill,  it along with the House of Representatives, legislated upon and transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent last month.

The Senate in plenary today adopted the Report of the Conference Committee which was set up by the Two Chambers to harmonise the Bill for an Act to establish the Nigeria Peace Corps.

The National Assembly Conference Committee set up by both Senate and the House of Representatives to harmonize the Bill for an Act to establish the Nigeria Peace Corps completed its assignment on Wednesday thereby clearing coast for transmission of the Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.

The National Assembly has kick-started the process of transmitting to the Presidency the Bill for an Act to establish the Nigeria Peace Corps with final harmonization of the Bill by the two Chambers.

As consultation continues over the Nigerian Peace Corps Establishment Bill to some selected Federal Government Ministeries and Agencies, Peace Corps of Nigeria led by its founder and National Commandant, Prof. Dickson Akoh have visited the Honourable Minister of State for Education, Rt. Hon. Goodluck Nana Opiah.

Nigeria's Vice President Elect, his Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima, has expressed the belief that President Muhammadu Buhari would soon sign the Nigerian Peace Corps Establishment Bill into law.