Tag: assent
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Buhari’s letter declining assent to Electoral Bill read at NASS
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National Assembly transmits Electoral Bill 2021 to Buhari for assent
The National Assembly has transmitted the Electoral Bill 2021 to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.
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Buhari declines assent to two bills from National Assembly
President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the Chartered Institute of Training and Development of Nigeria Bill. The president also declined assent to the Nigerian Aeronautic Research Rescue Bill. The communication from the president to the House of Representatives was read on the floor of the House by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, at Tuesday’s plenary…
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Assent to amended Electoral Act now, International observer group tells Buhari
An International Election Observer group, Pan African Women (PAN) project, that monitored the general elections in Nigeria has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the amended Electoral Act. The Publicity Secretary of PAN project 2019, Mphoentle Keitseng, who monitored Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Akwa Ibom made the appeal during an…
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Buhari declines assent to Revenue Mobilization bill, four others
President Muhammadu Buhari has again declined assent to five different bills transmitted to him by the National Assembly late last year. The National Assembly bills rejected by Buhari are, Maritime Security Operations Coordinating Board (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (Amendment) Bill 2018. Others are Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill 2018,…
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Buhari writes Saraki, withhold assent to 15 bills
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to Senate President Bukola Saraki to express his decision to decline assent to 15 bills. Following the president’s letter, the Senate on Tuesday resolved to set up a Technical Committee to review the bills that were rejected by the president. The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan (APC, Yobe) moved that the…
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Buhari withholds assent to PIB, faults reduction of ‘presidential powers’
The Federal Government’s efforts to open up the oil sector for increased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), may have suffered another deadly blow with report that President Muhammadu Buhari, has withheld presidential accent to the much awaited Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), recently passed by the National Assembly. The harmonised version of the bill was passed…
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Buhari refuses assent on four bills, explains why
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday communicated his decision to withhold assent to four bills to the National Assembly. At the House of Representatives, the presidential decision was contained in a letter read to members by the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara, at the start of the day’s proceedings. The bills are the “Corporate Manslaughter Bill, 2018”;…
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2019 Election Sequence: PDP knocks Buhari for withholding assent
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for withholding his assent to a proposed legislation by the National Assembly to change the sequence of general elections in the country starting from 2019. The party in a statement signed by Kola Ologbodiyan, its national publicity secretary, said it believes in the power…
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Acting President, Osinbajo reviews 2017 budget
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is currently reviewing the 2017 budget. The Senior special assistant to the Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Media and publicity, Laolu Akande stated this on Monday in a statement on his twitter handle @akandeoj. Laolu revealed that the acting president is presiding over a meeting with the economic…