UNC Seeks Quick Passage Of Establishment Bill

A pro-one Nigeria organisation known as United Nigerian Chaplaincy (UNC) has called on the National Assembly (NASS) to expedite action on the passage of the bill now before it seeking for and Act to establish the organisation legally.

Making this call in Abuja during an orientation programme organised for zonal and state top-ranking officers of the outfit from across the country at the weekend, the Commandant-General and Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of UNC, Jidejesus Josiah Ejie, his organisation has been working in conjunction alongside other relevant agencies with a view to restoring Peace in troubled parts of the country.

He said the organisation’s primary objective is to defend the unity and peace of the country through technically designed civil approach.

According to Ejie, in a letter sent to UNC recently, the Senate President acknowledged that the bill was already before the NASS, stressing that what is important now is to ensure that it is passed as soon as possiJusticeble to give legal backing to UNC’s operations.

” We are out to ensure speedy dispensation of justice that will facilitate decongestion of prisons and out-of-court settlement accros the country.
“Our men will have to go round prisons to look into people’s cases with a view to ensuring that cases of inmates who have stayed for too long withouts getting justice are taken care of even if it is out of court,” he said.

The UNC boss stated that the organisation was part of the efforts that led to the successes recorded against terrorism in the North-east and herders-farmers clash in Benue State.