John Alechenu, Olusola Fabiyi, John Ameh and Leke Baiyewu
President Muhammadu Buhari has withheld his assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, which seeks to re-order the sequence of polls in 2019.
Buhari, in a March 8, 2018 letter written to both chambers of the National Assembly, said the amendments by the lawmakers were in conflict with existing laws.
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President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, read the letter on the floor of the upper chamber on Tuesday.
At the House of Representatives, the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, read the letter to lawmakers.
The letter read, “Pursuant to Section 58(4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), I hereby convey to the Senate, my decision on 3rd March 2018, to decline presidential assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2018 recently passed by…
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