President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the
amendment to the Electoral Act, which intended to change the country’s
elections sequence. The president, it was gathered, gave three reasons
for withholding assent to the bill, which was passed by both chambers of
the National Assembly.
Sources said that the president has
yesterday 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 kicked against it, calling on the president not to assent to
it.