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Electoral Act Amendment Bill : We‘ll Do The Needful – Presidency

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As the 30 days constitutional provisions for the President to assent to Electoral Act Amendment Bill expires on Sunday, the National Assembly may likely override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto if he fails to either append his signature to the bill or return it to the parliament.
But the Presidency has said there was no cause for alarm as the President will do the needful before the expiration of the 30 days constitutional provision.
Recall that the bill was transmitted to the President for his assent on Thursday, August 2, 2018, after the corrected version was passed by the National Assembly on July 24 and the President had on two occasions withheld his assent to the bill.
Giving the hope that President Buhari may sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, yesterday assured that “ we will do the needful before the bill expires.”
Senator Enang, who stated this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, had recently, while responding to the allegation that the President again refused to sign the bill into law, explained that the bill was being studied by the President’s team before he signs it.
Enang debunked claims that President Muhammadu Buhari had vetoed the Bill, saying, the “ final clean copy of the Bill which was received by President Muhamamdu Buhari on August 2, 2018, is still undergoing thorough scrutiny by the President.’’

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