Reasons For Declining To Sign Two National Assembly Bills And Three Others By President Mohammadu Buhari Revealed.
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate informing the legislative chamber that he would not assent to two bills passed by the National Assembly. They are the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management (Establishment ) Bill 2017 and the Federal University of Wukari ( Establishment) Bill 2017. The separate letters conveying his reservations on the bills were addressed to Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and dated November 8, 2017. Buhari however based his reservations on technicalities in the drafting of the bills. On the proposed institute , the President said , "Pursuant to Section 58 (4 ) of Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended ), I hereby convey to the Senate, my decision, on 25 October 2017, to withhold assent to the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management ( Establishment, Etc .) Bill, 2017. "The rationale for withholding assent is regarding the scope of, and phrases utilised in the bill . For instance, the phrase tr...
