Electoral act: Why Buhari declined assent

Electoral act: Why Buhari declined assent – Ex-aide Ibekaku-Nwagwu

- Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu has disclosed why President Buhari should be lauded for his decision to decline assent to Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2018

- Ibekaku-Nwagwu, former special assistant to the president on justice reform, said his decision saved INEC from a booby trap that would have put the commission in a very tight situation

- She, however, urged Nigerians to disregard the propaganda and false alarm by those who want to discredit the president out of office at all cost

The immediate past special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on justice reform, Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu said the president’s decision to decline assent to Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2018 is a prove of an active leadership.

Daily Trust reports that Ibekaku-Nwagwu who made this known in Abuja on Sunday, December 9, stated that president’s decision also saved INEC from a booby trap that would have put the commission in a very tight situation.

She said: “The decision also saved INEC from a booby trap that would have put the commission in a very tight situation. Amending rules that would be applied to the conduct of an election that is barely two months away is a deliberate attempt unconsciously or consciously to raise the stake very high for INEC to meet up with.

“Signing the Bill would have also required INEC reviewing higher its budget for the conduct of the election so that it can accommodate the new requirements by the stipulations of the amended act, which were primarily new electronic requirements that must be acquired before the elections.

“Apart from an additional cost, which may not be approved by the National Assembly, such new requirements are also not items INEC can work into a supermarket and buy overnight.

“Two months is a very short time to implement all the items captured for amendment. So I don’t see president’s decision as a calculated attempt to hold the nation to ransom, inject crisis into the electoral process and ultimately scuttle the conduct of the 2019 general elections as claimed by the opposition.”

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According to her, such claim is unnecessary, and is rather a calculated attempt to portray President in a bad light, especially before the international communities.

She therefore urged Nigerians to disregard the propaganda and false alarm by those who want to discredit President Buhari out of office at all cost.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that President Buhari declined assent to Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2018 due to “some drafting issues” that remain unaddressed following the prior revisions to the bill.

Senator Ita Enang, the senior special assistant to the president on National Assembly matters (Senate), made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday, September 3.

The presidential aide said that already, the president had communicated his position to the Senate and the House of Representatives on August 30.

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