As Nigerians wait with baited breath for the signing of the re-worked Electoral Act Amendment Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari, a presidential source has said the President will sign the 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.
It was learnt that President Buhari will honor the new date.
Inspiration FM reports that on January 25, lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives chambers of the National Assembly passed the harmonized version of the bill.
The harmonized version was received by President Buhari a week later, as confirmed by his Senior Special Assistant on NASS Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare.
President Buhari withheld his assent to the bill in November 2021, citing the cost of conducting direct primary elections, security challenges, and possible manipulation of electoral processes by political players as part of the reasons for his decision.
A member of the Civil Society Group and Rights Activist, Achike Chude said it is now or never for President BUHARI to do the needful.
But reacting, the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, said President Buhari was within his constitutional right to carefully study the Amendment Act before deciding to sign or not to.
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