PRESIDENT BUHARI
BUHARI REJECTS FIVE LEGISLATIVE BILLS
President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday declined assent to five bills citing various reasons for his action.
The actions of President Buhari was contained in the executive communications he sent to the upper chamber and read by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at plenary.
The rejected legislations are the Nigeria Film Corporation Bill, Immigration (Amendment) Bill, Climate Change Bill, Chartered Institute of Pension Practitioners Bill and the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill.
Buhari said he rejected the Nigeria Film Corporation Bill because the provision of five per cent Value Added Tax was unnecessary as it was a duplication of the tax system.
The development has brought to 26, the number of bills so far passed by the 8th National Assembly but rejected by the President in the last four years.
Alarmed by the number of rejected bills, the Senate set up a committee to look into the matter and advise the upper chamber on what to do about it.
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