President Muhammadu Buhari has
rejected two bills which the national assembly transmitted to him for assent.
The bills are the Chartered
Institute of Training and Development of Nigeria bill, and the Nigerian
Aeronautic Research Rescue bill.
Buhari announced his decision to
decline assent to the bills via a letter read during house of representatives
plenary on Tuesday by Yakubu Dogara, the speaker.
He cited discrepancies with
global best practices and duplication of duties of existing government agencies
for reasons for rejecting the bills.
For the Chartered Institute of
Training and Development of Nigeria bill, the president expressed concern that
“the institute does not possess the capacity of the requirements that might be
imposed on it if the bill is assented to.”
He also said he did not assent
the Nigerian Aeronautic Research Rescue bill because some of its provisions are
duplication of the roles of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and
similar agencies.
He added that there were numerous
discrepancies in the bill that would limit its performance and make it not to
be in tandem global best practices in the aviation industry.
The two bills brings to eight the
total number of bills so far rejected by the president in 2019
Previous bills rejected by the
president this year are:
- Maritime Security Operations Coordinating Board (Amendment) Bill, 2019
- Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill, 2018
- Federal Polytechnic (Amendment) Bill, 2018
- The Energy Commission (Amendment) Bill
- National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency Act (Amendment) Bill
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