The senate on Tuesday temporarily suspended the passage of the Peace corps bill until the issues surrounding the establishment of the organisation and its leadership is resolved.
It will be recalled that both the senate and House of Representative had earlier separately passed the bill before the harmonisation of its provisions.
In a heated debate on Tuesday at plenary senators were divided on the way forward.
Some Senators like Ike Ekweremadu called for caution, stating that a ”lot of people have been deceived”.
After listening to both sides of the argument, Senate President Bukola Saraki ruled that the matter be stepped down because there were issues that needed to be dealt with.
He said, “I think there are a number of issues, and I think we need to be guided by our rules by not setting a bad precedent.”
“The fact that it is court should not be an issue. We have to also look at the relationship with the green chamber but at the same time there are issues.
“I think we should go with earlier suggestion, we are not stepping it down because of the court. We are going to consider the relationship with the other chamber and some of the issues raised here and the chairman judiciary will look into some of these issues and come back to us and hopefully some of the issues will be addressed.”