President Muhammadu Buhari has
given reasons he declined assent to five bills from the National Assembly.
Recall that Buhari on
Wednesday in a letter to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, read at
plenary declined assent to five bills.
The newly rejected bills
included: Nigerian Film Corporation Bill, Immigration (Amendment) Bill, Climate
Change Bill, Chartered Institute of Pension Practitioners Bill as well as
Digital Rights and Freedom Bill.
On why he refused to sign the
bills, Buhari said “I refused assent on the Immigration Bill because it would
have adverse effect on Nigeria’s position on the ease of doing business ranking
if signed into law.
“ The Chartered Institute of
Pension Practitioners Bill amounted to duplication of functions with an
existing institute.”
“Also, conflicting and
duplication of duties of existing government agencies, their destructive
nature, as well as lack of clarity in other bills.”
In reaction, Saraki, who presided
over the plenary, assured that the lawmakers would consider the report of the
technical committee set up to look into rejected bills by the president.
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