Presidency Fixes New Date For Signing Of Electoral Bill | READ IN FULL
There is a new indication that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the re-worked Electoral Act Amendment Bill on Friday, February 25.
A source close to the Presidency, who had earlier indicated that the President would assent to the bill on Wednesday, confirmed the new date to Channels Television.
According to the source, the new date will be honored by the President.
Recall that the special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina on Tuesday, said his principal would sign the bill in a matter of hours. READ HERE
Following the presidents silence on the bill which he had returned to the National Assembly for a clause to be removed, various organizations, and individuals have continued to beckon on Buhari to assent to the bill’
Civil Society Organisations had on Tuesday, staged a protest in Abuja worrying that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), may be left with no other option than to postpone the 2023 general election.
