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September 24, 2019
House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila says the House would revisit the bill for an act to regulate the operations of Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs in the country.
Gbajabiamila who made theannouncement at plenary, said there are disturbing revelations concerningoperations of NGOs during the meeting of the House leadership and ServiceChiefs last Monday.
The meeting was on the state ofsecurity in the North East.
The Speaker said that the bill whichwas sponsored by Buba Jibrin, generated outcry from the general public.
In a similar development, the GreenChambers has urged the Federal Government to create a Special Security Fund forsecurity agencies apart from the national budget.
This followed an adoption of amotion of urgent matters of public importance by Mohammed Mungonu. He said thatNigeria in recent times had witnessed unprecedented level of insecurity, adding that the development had made national security a major issue for thegovernment.