Sen Ita Enang Says 2018 Electoral Bill Still Awaits Assent of Mr. President

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Sen Ita Enang Says 2018 Electoral Bill Still Awaits Assent of Mr. President

Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang has hinted that the 2018 Electoral Bill passed by the National Assembly on July 24 and forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari is currently awaiting assent.

Sen. Enang gave the clarification today in Abuja against the backdrop of reports published by a national daily that Buhari had vetoed the 2018 Electoral Bill forwarded to him for assent.

He said the vetoed bill was the one sent to the President on June 27 and not the one passed by both chambers of the National Assembly on July 24, the day the NASS embarked on its annual recess.

SSA to President on National Assembly Matters added that the bill as well as other bills pending before the President is undergoing standard operational procedure concerning legislative matters.

President Buhari had, in vetoing the earlier one in February, cited three reasons for doing so, one of which was the new sequence of elections included in the Bill through Section 25(1).