By Ismaila Chafe
Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Sen. Ita Enang, says President Muhammadu Buhari has communicated his decision on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2018 to the National Assembly.
Enang, who briefed State House correspondents in Abuja on Friday, said President Buhari’s decision to the Senate and House of Representatives, was in accordance with the powers vested in him by the 1999 Constitution.
“The president has taken a decision in accordance with the powers vested in him according to the constitution.
“And, by convention that decision contained in the communication can only be revealed by the person to whom that decision is addressed.
“But the electoral bill has left Mr President’s office because he has taken a decision and has remitted it.”
Enang, who did not disclose the content of the president’s communication to the National Assembly, neither confirmed assent nor rejection of the bill…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
