The National Assembly Clerk, Olatunde Amos Ojo, transmitted the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday for assent.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, confirmed that President Buhari has received the Bill.
Omoworare, in a statement titled: Transmission of Electoral Bill 2022, said: “The Clerk to the National Assembly Mr Olatunde Amos Ojo has transmitted the authenticated copies of the Electoral Bill 2022 to President Muhammadu Buhari on 31st January 2022.
“This was done by 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.
“Mr 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 both the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the same on 25th January 2022.”
