By our reporter| President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the revised electoral act amendment bill in a matter of hours, presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina has said.
Adesina, who made the disclosure on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television progamme, Sunrise Daily, said the Buhari will sign the much talked about bill anytime within the next 30 days.
He said, “It could be today, it could be tomorrow; it could be anytime, but within the 30 days.”
“It could be signed today; it could be signed tomorrow. In a matter of hours, not days.
According to Adesina, the bill was sent to the president nearly a month after the national assembly passed it, adding the president’s action is still within the requirements of the constitution.
He further stated that it will only be appropriate to say the president has acted against the law if he exceeds the 30-day window provided by the law.
“You know before the president will put pen to paper on any legislation, particularly this one that has to do with our electoral fortunes, it has to be looked at and looked at,” Adesina said.
“He has to buy opinions from different stakeholders and having been satisfied that the necessary due diligence had been done and he will not be making any error, then he will sign it, and I tell you that Nigerians will get to hear about this bill in hours.”
The President last year withheld assent to the Electoral Bill 2021 transmitted to him by the national assembly to allow each political party determine its mode of selecting candidates for election through options of direct, indirect, and consensus.
The national assembly has since retransmitted the bill to President Buhari for assent.
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