President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed the signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Africa Today News, New York has gathered that the signing of the controverisial bill would happen on Friday.
A source close to the Presidency told Africa Today News, New York that Buhari will assent to the electoral bill on Friday.
According to the source, Buhari will honour the new date.
Recall that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Tuesday, said that the President would sign the bill between Tuesday and Wednesday.
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‘The President will sign the electoral bill any moment from now.
‘It could be today, it could be tomorrow, it could be anytime, but within the 30 days,’ Adesina said.
The President had withheld his assent to the electoral bill in November 2021, citing the cost of conducting direct primary elections, security challenges, and possible manipulation of electoral processes as his reason.
The Attorney-General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to improving electoral reform in the country.
The Minister said this while appearing at an electoral town hall event on Channels Television which was monitored by Africa Today New York last month.
According to him, the Buhari government has allowed for the independence of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as an institution and also respected the decisions of the judiciary more than any other administration.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has claimed that President Mohammadu Buhari is afraid that giving assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill will make his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to fail in the 2023 general election.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK