The National Assembly has transmitted the Electoral Act Amendment Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent.
Babajide Omoworare, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), disclosed this in a terse statement Friday.
He said the bill was transmitted to the President on Friday in pursuance of Section 58 (3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
This is coming ten days after the bill was passed by the National Assembly.
The Senate and House of Representatives had, last Tuesday, passed the harmonised version of the bill following the consideration of the report of the Conference Committee, set up to reconcile differences in the piece of legislation.
The bill, when assented into law by the President, will regulate the conduct of Federal, State and Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory Elections.
Omoworare said, “Please be informed that in pursuance of Section 58 (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2 LFN 2004, the National Assembly has transmitted the Electoral Bill 2021 to Mr. President today Friday November 19, 2021.”
President Buhari has thirty (30) days to sign the bill.
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