Buhari declines assent to electoral bill

President Muhammadu Buhari has for the third time declined
assent to the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2018.
“Mr. President is declining assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill, due to some drafting issues that remain un-addressed, following the prior revisions to the bill,” said Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate).
The decision was communicated to the Senate and the House of Representatives in a letter dated August 30, 2018, Enang told State House correspondents yesterday.
Buhari “invites the Senate and House of Representatives to address these issues as quickly as possible, so that he may grant presidential assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill,” he said.
Highlighting some of the issues, Enang noted a cross referencing error in the proposed amendment to Section 18 of the bill.
Source Guardian Newspaper.