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Repentant Terrorists To Enjoy Foreign Education – Senate Bill

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February 28, 2020
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Repentant Terrorists To Enjoy Foreign Education – Senate Bill

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The proposed National Agency for the Education, Rehabilitation, De-radicalisation and Integration of Repentant Insurgents in Nigeria’ will be funded by the Universal Basic Education Commission and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund.

Other sources of funding will include- donations, grants, annual subventions from the government and counterpart funding from the six North-East states of Borno, Bauchi, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba and Gombe.

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The details are included in the bill which was obtained by The PUNCH on Thursday.

The bill, which officially known as ‘A Bill for the Establishment of the National Agency for the Education, Rehabilitation, De-radicalisation and Integration of Repentant Insurgents in Nigeria and for Other Connected Purposes’, passed the first reading in the Senate on Thursday last week.

It was sponsored by Senator representing Yobe East, and former governor of Yobe State, Ibrahim Geideam.

According to The PUNCH, the bill states that one per cent of TETFund and UBEC fund will be used in funding the agency for rehabilitating the terrorists.

The agency will also be funded by 0.5 per cent of the federal allocation of the six North-East states.

TETFund itself obtains its funding from a compulsory two per cent profit tax that is paid by all registered companies to the Federal Government.

Section 10 of the bill which has been condemned by many Nigerians including serving and firmer senators reads in part: “The agency shall establish and maintain a fund which will consist of initial take-off grant from the Federal Government; annual subvention from the government; states counterpart funding which will be deducted at source at 0.5 per cent of their statutory allocation; 1 per cent of the Education Tax Fund (TETFund) and UBEC fund.”

According to the proposed law, the agency will also be funded by grants in aid, gift, testamentary dispositions, endowments and donations.

The bill states that the proposed agency shall have a governing board which shall consist of the chairman who is to be appointed by the President in consultation with the National Assembly.

READ ALSO: Why I Sponsored Bill For Agency To Rehabilitate ‘Repentant’ Boko Haram Insurgents – Geidam

The governing council will also have one representative from each of the North-East states, one representative each of the stakeholders, three representatives of the impacted communities, one person from the Nigerian Army, air force, navy, police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, all of whom must not be below the rank of lieutenant colonel.

The council will also include one representative each from the federal ministries of humanitarian affairs, finance, environment, petroleum resources, North-East Development Commission and the Local Content Board.

As regards the powers of the proposed agency, the bill gives repentant terrorists the opportunity of receiving foreign education.

Section 5(m) reads in part, “(The agency shall) implement programmes geared towards the rehabilitation of beneficiaries, engage the services of offshore and Nigerian institutions in the pursuit of the educational needs of ex-agitators.”

The proposed agency is expected to implement a comprehensive programme in the area of disarmament, demobilisation, rehabilitation and reintegration.

It will also coordinate efforts of relevant agencies, organisations and institutions towards the attainment of set objectives as regards job placement, internship and sustainable reintegration.

Tags: De-radicalisation and Integration of Repentant Insurgents in NigeriaEnjoy Foreign EducationfeaturedNational Agency for the EducationRehabilitationRepentant TerroristsSenate BillTertiary Education Trust FundUniversal Basic Education Commission
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