President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday communicated his decision to withhold assent to four bills to the National Assembly.<\/p>\n
At the House of Representatives, the presidential decision was contained in a letter read to members by the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara, at the start of the day\u2019s proceedings.<\/p>\n
The bills are the \u201cCorporate Manslaughter Bill, 2018\u201d; \u201cAgricultural Credit Scheme Bill, 2018\u201d; \u201cNational Child Protection Bill, 2018\u201d; and \u201cCourt and Tribunal Standard Scale Fines Bill, 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buhari gave reasons for rejecting the bills.<\/p>\n
For instance, on the corporate manslaughter bill, Buhari said several of its provisions were inconsistent with the 1999 Constitution.<\/p>\n
He also rejected the agricultural credit scheme bill on the grounds that the National Assembly jacked up the fund created in the scheme to N50bn.<\/p>\n
The President explained that he was more convenient with the extant provision of N100m.<\/p>\n
On the child protection bill, Buhari noted that the proposed agency would merely duplicate the functions of already established agencies and the Ministry of Women Affairs.<\/p>\n
He turned back the court and tribunal bill for being \u201cambiguous\u201d and conflicting with extant laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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