The Presidency on Tuesday
disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari would soon do the needful on the
Electoral Act Amendment Bill.
Senior Special Assistant to the
President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, spoke in an
interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The constitution allows a 30-day deadline
for action on a bill pending before the President.
Buhari had received the amendment
bill on August 2 and if he fails to sign it into law or return it to the
National Assembly between now and Sunday, the parliament may override him.
Reacting, Enang said Nigerians
should expect news within the next few days.
“We will do the needful before
the Bill expires,” the presidential aide simply said.
The Presidency had earlier in the
month denied reports alleging that Buhari rejected the bill.
Garba Shehu, Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said the Senate resolved to
rescind its decision on a number of clauses included in the version they had
earlier sent for consideration by the President.
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