The Clerk to the National Assembly (NASS), Mr Olatunde Amos Ojo has transmitted the authenticated amended copies of the Electoral Bill 2022 to President Mohamadu Buhari for assent, Monday.
A statement by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly matters Senate, Babajide Omoworare said this was done in accordance with the provisions 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 President had withheld assent to the Electoral Bill 2021 transmitted to him on 19th November 2021.
The Electoral Bill was thereafter reworked by the National Assembly and passed same on 25th January 2022.
FRCN, Abuja
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