Buhari Shocks Nigerians, Declines Assent To Electoral Bill, Gives Reasons

Information reaching the OSUNREPORTERS NEWS has it that President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to sign the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law.

….According to the report, President stated reasons he declined assent to the bill in a letter forwarded to Senate President Ahmad Lawan, which will be read during Tuesday plenary.

… As revealed by a source, one of the reasons given by the President is that assenting to the bill would cause trouble among the political parties in the country, while another reason given by the President is that the direct primaries mode of picking candidates by political parties in the amended Electoral Act was dangerous to the political atmosphere.

…..The source added that the President supported parties conducting their primaries either directly or Indirectly, adding that their various constitutions support such provision, adding that the President also rejected the bill due to the fact that direct primaries would mean forcing the part

,,,,,According to the source, Buhari has returned the bill to the National Assembly and asked the lawmakers to work on the clause that has to do with direct primaries and return the document for assent.

….It could be recalled that the Presidency had said that President Buhari will take a final decision on assenting to the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill soon.