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North-East State Assemblies Initiate Bill To Regulate NGOs

The State Houses of Assembly of the six North-east states of  Adamawa,  Bauchi, Borno, Yobe, Gombe and Taraba, have introduced a bill to regulate and co-ordinate the activities of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the Boko Haram insurgents ravaged region.

This may not be unconnected to the recent allegation made by the Nigerian military that some NGOs under the guise of providing succour to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are fronting for the Boko Haram insurgents.

The   Chairman of North East Speakers Forum (NESF) and the Speaker of Bauchi State House …