The national assembly has started
working on the electoral act a
The joint national assembly
committee on the bill announced this in Abuja on Monday.
Suleiman Nazif, chairman of the
joint committee, said the lawmakers were meeting to consider issues raised by
the president regarding the bill.
This is the fourth time the
committee would be working on the bill rejected by Buhari on two different
occasions.
Ita Enang, senior special
assistant to the president on electoral matters (senate), had said the
president declined assent to the bill due to some drafting issues that were
unaddressed following its prior revisions.
“Mr. President invites the Senate
and House of Representatives to address these issues as quickly as possible so
that he may grant President Assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill,” he had
said in a statement.
The national assembly had passed
the bill on July 24, 2018, and transmitted to the president on August 3.
Buhari first withheld assent to
the bill in March, saying the proposed law would usurp the constitutional
powers of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to decide on
election matters, including fixing dates and the order they would go.
Earlier, the introduction of the
bill generated controversy, with some lawmakers alleging that it was targeted
at Buhari in the 2019 elections.
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