The Peace Corps of Nigeria, PCN, says the corps is not proscribed by the federal government.
The Public Relations Officer of PCN, Millicent Umoru, said this in Abuja on Wednesday at a news conference.
The spokesperson faulted a recent statement by the Nigeria Police that the PCN was proscribed by a federal government gazette in 2013.
She said the claim held no water, as the gazette in question was not an exclusive police document to be used as it pleased them.
“The federal government gazette is a public document and not a police diary. If the police had any such gazette, it should tender it before the public.
“It is only the Attorney-General of the Federation that is constitutionally vested with the powers to issue federal government gazette, which must be duly signed,” she said.
According to her, the police issued the statement on the day that the Federal High Court ruled in favour of the corps, to tarnish the reputation of PCN.
By Agency Report.
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