Following the dust being raised over the new Electoral Act now awaiting the assent of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency said yesterday that the No.1 citizen was still consulting widely on whether or not to give his nod to the amended law.
Aso Rock Villa said there was nothing to worry about concerning the President’s assent.
Some civil societies joined in making a case for Buhari to waste no further time in signing the bill into law while a former Secretary General of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mr. Anthony Sani, said the President should ignore the opposition of state governors to the bill and do the needful immediately.
The President has up till December 19th to append or decline his signature to the bill.
His Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu,exclusively responding to an enquiry from The Nation clarified that the President has not declined assent to the electoral law.
“There is no truth in the story that President Muhammadu Buhari has declined signature on the bill,” Shehu said.
Continuing, he said:” He has not taken a decision yet. The President is widely consulting.
“I believe there is nothing to worry about. There is still time. I believe he still has up to December 19th or thereabouts.”