President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected four bills passed to him for assent by the National Assembly, according to Daily Sun.
The President made this known through a letter he sent to the House
of Representatives which was read during yesterday’s plenary.
They are: Corporate Manslaughter Bill, 2018; Agricultural Credit
Scheme (Amendment) Bill, 2018; National Child Protection and Enforcement
Agency Bill as well as Courts and Tribunal Standard Scales of Fines and
Financial Penalties Bill.
In the letter read by Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Buhari said he
rejected the corporate manslaughter bill because its provisions were
inconsistent with the 1999 Constitution, as amended. The president also
said he withheld assent to the agricultural credit scheme (amendment)
bill on the ground of increase of the credit therein which was initially
tagged at N100 million.
The president added that the national child protection and
enforcement agency bill is duplication of duties of existing agencies
such as National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons
(NAPTIP).
For the courts and tribunal standard scales of fines bill and
financial penalties bill, the president said the bill contradicts
existing laws in place.