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A three time member of the house representing Lokoja/Kogi federal constituency in the house of representatives, Umar Jibril, has died in Abuja after a brief illness. 57-year-old Jibril who sponsored the controversial non-governmental organisation regulatory commission bill – died in the early hours of Friday in Abuja.

When he introduced the bill, he said there was no existing framework “to supervise the mode of operations” of NGOs.Amid the controversy generated by the bill’s introduction, Jibril had said the legislation was aimed at ensuring transparency and accountability in the way and manner NGOs collect funds.

“The NGO bill, therefore, is primarily to set up a commission to regulate their activities and provide a platform for robust relationships between them and the government for the interests of Nigerians,” he had said.