Peace Corps of Nigeria, Epe Zonal Command

14/02/2019

We are ambassadors of Peace

05/01/2018

23/11/2017

Ola Tunde Peter:
PEACE CORPS CHANGES CEREMONIAL DRESS, WARMS AGAINST ILLEGAL PRODUCTION

It was a unique and colourful Tuesday morning been 21st November, 2017, as the National Commandant of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, Amb (Dr) Dickson A. O. Akoh, officially unveiled the new ceremonial dress of the Corps.

The unveiling ceremony, which took place during the National Executive Council/State Commandants’ Meeting held at the National Headquarters of the Corps, Gwarimpa Abuja, was witnessed by members of the Board of Trustees, National Executive Council Members and all the State Commandants.

The National Commandant, who expressed delight at the choice of the new ceremonial dress, which was adopted after lots of consideration, pointed out the uniqueness, peculiarity and appeal of its features, said that it is expected to replace the old one.

He observed with dismay the illegal acquisition and production of official ceremonial dress and its accessories by officers and men nationwide, especially Bauchi, Lagos and Kaduna Commands, warning that any production and usage of the new dress without recourse to the National Headquarters will attract severe sanctions.

According to the National Commandant, the redesigning of the new ceremonial dress became necessary in view of the serious abuse the old one was subjected to.

States Command are to disseminate this information to all personnel via Local Government Commanders for total compliance.

30/11/2016

State Chapters, Commands & Addresses

ABIA STATE COMMAND:
No. 5/7 Nsuka Street Umuahia, Abia State
07065518750, 08062433150

ADAMAWA STATE COMMAND:
No. 39 Hospital Road, Jimeta, Yola, Adamawa State
08066473045

AKWA-IBOM STATE COMMAND:
No. 12 Udo Eduok Street, Off Aka & Abak Road
Uyo Akwa-Ibom State.
08163047602, 07082169573

ANAMBRA STATE COMMAND:
Abuja Estate, After Government House, Opposite Tourist Sarden Hotel, Awka, Anambra State.
08064182323, 09090915878

BAUCHI STATE COMMAND:
Meyetti Plaza, Opp 33 Artillery Brigade Command/FRSCN Office,
Plot 1 Jos Road, Bauchi State.
08032419818

BAYELSA STATE COMMAND:
No.77 Samphino Road, Kpansia-Yenegoa, Bayelsa State.
08063556415, 08093849034

BENUE STATE COMMAND:
No. 6 Ahmadu Bello Way, Makurdi, Benue State
08183711297, 08064936545

BORNO STATE COMMAND:
No. Opposite Customs House, Bama Road, Maiduguri, Borno State
08093654889, 08039659626

CROSS-RIVER STATE COMMAND:
Road 7, Unit 45, Federal Housing Estate, Calabar, Cross River State
08077028260

DELTA STATE COMMAND:
No.32 Ezefadia Street, Umuaji Quarters, By Ogbogologo Market, Asaba, Delta State
08033916481

EBONYI STATE COMMAND:
No. 138, Ogoja Road, Opp Rice Mile, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State
08039371983

EDO STATE COMMAND:
No.3, 2nd Evbonounwem Street Off Emoragbon Agho Street by NEPA Junction Sapelle, Benin City, Edo State
08038615084

EKITI STATE COMMAND:
N0 5 Along Iyin Road Beside Captain Cook/MTN Office Fajuyi , Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State
08130289470

ENUGU STATE COMMAND:
No.5/16 Cathedral Drive, Nicon Estate, Independence Layout, Enugu, Enugu State
08060238325, 08096269332

GOMBE STATE COMMAND:
No. Block E50, Investment Housing Estate, Tumfure, Gombe State.
08132227845

IMO STATE COMMAND:
No. 68 Area L, Zone 1, World Bank Road Owerri, Imo State.
08038724963

JIGAWA STATE COMMAND:
No, Dutse, Jigawa State
08135560808

KADUNA STATE COMMAND:
No. 14 Oniwowu Street, New Extension Kaduna, Kaduna State
08036198182, 07031650403

KANO STATE COMMAND:
No. 20 Danmake Bus Stop, Off VGN Office, Hotoro, Kano State
08032071152

KATSINA STATE COMMAND:
WCT Road, Lambum Wumbai GRA Katsina, Katsina State
08033170195

KEBBI STATE COMMAND:
Plot 56 Off Abdullahi Fodio Gese II, Opposite Islamic Centre after the Idi Prayer Ground, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State
08069533117, 0810876568

KOGI STATE COMMAND:
No. 406 New Layout, Lokoja, Kogi State
08054984430

KWARA STATE COMMAND:
No. 4 Ibitomisi Crescent Off Erin – Ile Road, Gaa Akanbi, Ilorin Kwara State.
08032290862

LAGOS STATE COMMAND:
No. 16/18 Egbe Road, Jakande Bus Stop, Oke-Afa, Isolo, Lagos State
08036307374, 07065869775

NASARAWA STATE COMMAND:
No. 5 Opp. Oceanic Bank, Along Kurkyo Road, Lafia, Nasarawa State
07059215606, 07034677265

NIGER STATE COMMAND:
Director Schools Ministrty of Education Minna, Niger State
08037013418

OGUN STATE COMMAND:
No.15, Ekundayo Street, Off Abiola Way, Ijeun Titun,
Abeokuta, Ogun State
08053561455, 08166867904

ONDO STATE COMMAND:
No.68 General Bayowa Street Along New Royal Bird Hotel, Alagbaka,
Akure, Ondo State
08067288647

OSUN STATE COMMAND:
No. Km 5, Ilesa Road, Ramat Crescent, Fadeyi Estate,
Oshogbo, Osun State
08034460660

OYO STATE COMMAND:
Office Address: & Mercantile, Oluyole Estate, Ring Road, Ibadan, Oyo State
07039534739

PLATEAU STATE COMMAND:
Jos South Local Government Council Secretariat,
Bukuru Express, Plateau State, Jos.
08052779924, 08039123443

RIVERS STATE COMMAND:
Okey Wall Street, Rumualogu New Layout, Opp. Alakahia Junction, By NTA Road, Choba Road, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.
08035488907, 08187857661

SOKOTO STATE COMMAND:
No. 1 Garba Duba Road, GRA Round Mairuwa, Arikilla
Arikilla Nassarawa Road, Sokoto, Sokoto State.
08068682256

TARABA STATE COMMAND:
Denyavo Quarters, Mile Six Bye-Pass, Donga Road,
Jalingo, Taraba State
08181818657

YOBE STATE COMMAND:
Buhari Estate, Opp Bura Bura Estate By Maiduguri Bye-pass, Damaturu, Yobe State
07030252586

ZAMFARA STATE COMMAND:
Mortgage Area, Gabon Garui Gusau, Opp. Old Tashar Magami Motor Park, Gusau, Zamfara State.
08067675533, 08038836125

FCT COMMAND:
Plot 358, Dahiru Bauchi Street, 12 Crecent, Off 1st Avenue, Gwarimpa, PMB 592, Garki Abuja.
08033451955

24/11/2016

The Senate on Thursday, 24th november 2017, passed the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill into law, thereby giving approval for the establishment of the Nigerian Peace Corps as an agency under the Ministry of Interior.

Presenting the report of the Committee on Interior on the floor of the Senate, the committee chairman, Senator Bayero Nafada urged the Senate to support the passage of the Bill, saying “the organisation will be of great benefit to the Nigerian youths”.

“In response to increasing complexity of the factors responsible for insecurity and the method by which peace and security is being undermined in Nigeria, there is need to develop comprehensive, multi-sectoral, multi stakeholders and inclusive approaches in order to stem these threats,” he said.
The Nafada-led committee recommended that the Nigerian Peace Corps and the National Unity and Peace Corps should be merged as one, since both formations appear the same.

Speaking further, Senator Nafada said the committee received 237 written memoranda and numerous oral submissions from government ministries, traditional institutions, religious bodies, academia, NGOs, other various interest groups and individuals.
“Two Hundred and Nineteen (219) of the written memoranda received and most of the oral presentations at the hearing supported the establishment of the Nigerian Peace Corps while Fourteen (14) supported the establishment of National Unity and Peace Corps,” he revealed.

DAILY POST recalls that the Senate at its sitting on Thursday 10th March, 2016 debated on the general principles of the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill, 2016 (SB.173) sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South); and the National Unity and Peace Corps Bill, 2016 (SB.183) sponsored by Senator Binta Garba Masi (Adamawa North); and referred to one of its committee for further legislative action.
The Senate Committee on Interior also conducted public hearing on Wednesday 20th April 2016, where it elicited the views of the stakeholders and the general public on the merits and otherwise of the two Bills.

The Nigerian Peace Corps Bill among others, seeks to empower, develop and provide gainful employment for the youths, to facilitate Peace, Volunteerism, Community Services, Neighbourhood Watch and Nation-building.

As recommended, the Head of the Corps shall be referred to as Commandant-General (CG) with six Deputy Commandant – General (DCGs) and six Assistant Commandant – General (ACGs), drawn from the six geopolitical zones which should reflect the Federal Character principle.

06/07/2016

PICS OF THE THIRD READING

06/07/2016

THE 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR PRESTIGIOUS NPC!!!!!
MORAL!!!
IN WAY AND MANNER, WE ARE PROGRESSING...

10/03/2015

MORNING OFFICERS. I WANT YOU ALL TO IDENTIFY YOURSELVES, SO THAT WE CAN KNOW AND COMMUNICATE BETTER. FIRST YOUR NAME, UNIT/LG, OFFICE/ APPOINMENT, THEN YOUR STATE.

17/07/2014

Despite its imperfections the Nigerian judiciary is making sure that the Nigerian Constitution is not only standing out as a framework for good governance but as the guarantor of the right to freedom, the right of speech, and the right of association that every person or institution must understand. The new Judiciary, as recently unfolded in the decision of Justice Evon Chukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja on the Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN), serves to educate our public institutions such as the Nigeria Police and the State Security Service that the nation, at least since 1999, is a system of democracy that is progressively moving forward. Our democratic system, like that of every other nation that went through political development, is a system of democracy that is fashioned to pursue openness, freedom, and accountability. Justice Evon Chukwu's decision is a guide for truth and justice, which shows that the old mindset of institutional abuse and organizational tyranny as uncovered by the Court will slowly be erased from the gradually progressive Nigerian society.

The Court saved these national security agencies from being continuously defined by many, both nationally and internationally, as partly anarchistic, partly wayward, and partly barbaric. As simply defined in the Nigerian Constitution, law abiding individuals and groups have the right to form, express opinions, and establish associations of whatever kind among groups of like-minded people in order to foster and spread such opinions. The Court took it upon itself to educate the Nigeria Police and the State Security Service about the implicit rights of persons and groups in a growing democracy like Nigeria. Any view by our highly challenged security and law enforcement agencies about the Peace Corps of Nigeria as controversial, unusual, intolerant, or just too bold is meaningless as the constitution gives civic groups such as the PCN space and time to stand out under the rule of freedom of association and its related rights of thought, expression, and movement. In essence, what the Court expressly showed to executive agencies like the Nigeria Police and the State Security Service is that it will cost you great punitive damages, huge fines, and clear public shame if you try to screw up the legal rights of others. The Court sent a plain message that voluntary associations like the PCN must be respected as long as they follow the law of the land. On a psychological basis, the Nigeria Police and the State Security Service saw the PCN as a possible rival group because of their international status, official outlook, and charming influence, as well as their expansive appearance. This sort of institutional resentment or envy is a great slip in the psyche of these security agencies, especially when groups such as the PCN are generally civic, preventive, devoted, development driven, and unifying, as well as a collectively intrepid guardian of our constitution. In other words, the PCN, through trial and error, could continue to grow and strengthen itself as a democratically peaceful, nonviolent, caring body as most of its work has shown in and across the nation and internationally.

In these trying times the Nigerian Courts should continue to follow the call of our Republic in terms of ongoing contributions to strengthen our democracy. The courts by nature can at any time exercise almost unlimited power as long as it is done healthily; therefore, it should make sure that our young system of democracy, through its public agencies, rests solely on the ideal of genuine respect and protection of democratically placed private organizations or groups like the Peace Corps of Nigeria.

John Egbeazien Oshodi, Ph.D.
President of Foundation Center for the Study and Advancement of Nigerian Psychological Health.

17/07/2014

The Nigerian Peace Corps Bill has passed its first reading at the Senate. The Bill title, HB 616: Nigerian Peace Corps Bill, 2013, is Sponsored by Hon. Joseph Haruna Kigbu and was read 29th April 2014.
And by june 2014, the BILL has also passed the second reading at the senate.
MORALE!!!!

28/11/2013

NIGERIA PEACE CORPS -NPC . FINALLY HERE!!

13/11/2013

National Commandant was in Lagos to shine into d
dark corner and harness the challenge that is confronting the Lagos State Command,
himself, by reporting at the Governor's office and bringing
back a sealed conclusion of their official duty & the state's
letter of recognition. "This is just d beginning"

In way and manner, we are progressing.