Assent

BREAKING: Rivers Crisis Escalates As Assembly Overrides Gov Fubara, Enacts Service Law

Mar 22, 2024. by Praise Ben

Rivers Crisis Escalates As Assembly Overrides Gov Fubara, Enacts Service Law Lawmakers assert authority by overriding Governor’s veto on multiple bills. Constitutional provisions cited as basis for legislative action in Nigeria’s state governance. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Rivers State House of Assembly, in a session convened on Friday, voted against Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s enactment … Read more

Nat’l Assembly Sends Re-amended Electoral Bill To Buhari For Assent

Feb 1, 2022. by Ekohot Editor

President Buhari had withheld his assent to the bill in November last year, citing the cost of conducting direct primary elections… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Assembly has transmitted the re-amended Electoral Act Amendment Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on NASS Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, … Read more

BREAKING: National Assembly Transmits 2022 Budget to Buhari for Assent

Dec 28, 2021. by Ekohot Editor

National Assembly transmits 2022 budget to Buhari for assent EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Assembly has transmitted the 2022 Appropriation Bill to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for assent. The House of Representatives and the Senate passed the Federal Government’s budget on Tuesday and Wednesday last week, respectively, raising the total … Read more

Buhari Assents 3 New Bills Into Law

Aug 7, 2019. by Otunba T.J Abass

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Wednesday assented to the National Biosafety Management Agency (Amendment) Act, 2019, with a view to preventing any adverse effect to human health and environment in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on the National Assembly (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja … Read more