President
Muhammadu Buhari has listed reasons he refused to assent to the electoral act
amendment bill sent to him by the National Assembly.
President Buhari on Tuesday, turned down the bill in a letter to the
national assembly.
Some of
the reasons as read out on the floor by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Buhari
said, “Pursuant to Section 58(4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria 1999 (as amended), I hereby convey to the Senate, my decision, on 3rd
March 2018, to decline Presidential Assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill 2018
recently passed by the National Assembly.
Some of my reasons include the following:
“The amendment to the sequence of elections in
Section 25 of the principal act, may infringe upon the constitutionally
guaranteed discretion of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
to organize, undertake and supervise elections provided in Section 15(A) of the
third statue to the Constitution;
“The amendment to Section 138 of the principal
act to delete two crucial grounds upon which an election may be challenged by
candidates, unduly limits the rights of candidates in elections to a free and
fair electoral review process;
President
Muhammadu Buhari has listed reasons he refused to assent to the electoral act
amendment bill sent to him by the National Assembly.
President Buhari on Tuesday, turned
down the bill in a letter to the national assembly.
Some of the reasons as read out on the floor by Senate President, Bukola
Saraki, Buhari said, “Pursuant to Section 58(4) of the Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), I hereby convey to the Senate,
my decision, on 3rd March 2018, to decline Presidential Assent to the Electoral
Amendment Bill 2018 recently passed by the National Assembly.
Some of my reasons include the following:
“The amendment to the sequence of elections in
Section 25 of the principal act, may infringe upon the constitutionally
guaranteed discretion of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
to organize, undertake and supervise elections provided in Section 15(A) of the
third statue to the Constitution;
“The amendment to Section 138 of the principal
act to delete two crucial grounds upon which an election may be challenged by
candidates, unduly limits the rights of candidates in elections to a free and
fair electoral review process;
“The amendment to Section 152 Subsection 325 of the Principal Act may raise
Constitutional issues over the competence of the National Assembly to legislate
over local government elections.”
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