President Muhammadu Buhari has
rejected the amendment to the Electoral Act proposed by National Assembly.
The National Assembly had
proposed that presidential election comes last in amendment to the Electoral
Act 2010.
But it was gathered that the
president gave three reasons for withholding assent to the bill, which was
passed by both chambers of the National Assembly.
According to Daily Trust the
president on Monday communicated his decision to the federal legislature in two
separate letters addressed to the Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker
Yakubu Dogara.
The two presiding officers are
expected to read the letters to their colleagues at plenary between today and
Thursday.
Following the passage of the bill
by the National Assembly, several civil society organizations (CSOs), senior
lawyers and other notable Nigerians have kicked against it, calling on the
president not to put his assent to it.
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