2019 polls: Why Buhari didn’t sign Electoral Bill

With the National Assembly threatening to veto President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the controversy seems to be growing.

President Buhari insists that signing the Bill will undermine credible elections next year.

Besides, he says it will negate an ECOWAS Protocol which states that no electoral legislation should be passed 90 days before an election, according to Presidency source.

However, a Presidency source yesterday listed the reasons the President withheld his signature to the bill.

Besides, it was learnt, some senators have vowed to resist any plan by the National Assembly to veto the President on the bill.

The source, who pleaded not to be named because he is not permitted to speak on the matter, maintained that the bill as passed by the lawmakers was full of “booby traps” that could compromise the credibility of next year’s elections if signed into law.

The Nation, December 10, 2018

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