Buhari withholds assent, returns four bills to National Assembly

Following the issues that arose from the budget, the Presidency has decided to withhold assent to four bills to the National Assembly. 

The Speaker at the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, read the letter in which the President's decision is to members of the House at the start of the day’s proceedings. 

The bills are the “Corporate Manslaughter Bill, 2018”; “Agricultural Credit Scheme Bill, 2018”; “National Child Protection Bill, 2018”; and “Court and Tribunal Standard Scale Fines Bill, 2018.”