President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a total of
four bills into law as part of the amendments of the
1999 Constitution
- One of the bill signed by the president grants
financial autonomy to state judiciaries and Houses of
Assembly
- Another bill stops a vice president who completes
the term of a president from contesting for the office
of the president more than once
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, June 8,
signed into law the Constitution 4th Alteration
Bill that grants financial autonomy and
independence to state House of Assembly and to
the judiciary of the respective states.
The president signed a total of four bills into law
as part of the amendments of the 1999
Constitution.
NAIJ.com gathered that the senior special
assistant on National Assembly matters (Senate),
Ita Enang, said: “I just want to inform you that His
Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari today (Friday)
assented to the Constitution Fourth Alteration Bill which
grants financial autonomy and independence to the Houses
of Assembly of the respective states and to the Judiciary of
the respective states.
“The amount due to the judiciary is now to be paid directly
to the judiciary of those states, no more through the
governors.
“And the amount standing in the credit of the State houses
of Assembly in the respective states are now to be paid
directly to the houses of Assembly of that State for the
benefit of the legislators and the management of the State
houses of Assembly.
“Another Act which has come into force today is
Constitution Amendment 21 which relates to the
determination of pre-elections matters. It has reduced the
date and time of determining pre-election matters to ensure
that the pre-election matters in court do not get into the
time of the elections and do not linger thereafter.
“The relevant section of the Constitution has also been
amended by this Act, therefore amending the constitution.
“The other one is Bill 16 which is now an Act. The intent of
that Act is to ensure that where a Vice President succeeds
the President and where a deputy governor succeeds a
governor, he can no more contest for that office more than
one more time.
“The effect is that having taken the oath of President once,
he can only contest one more time and no more. That is the
intent of this amendment.
“The other amendment is Bill 9 now an Act which gives the
Independent National Electoral Commission sufficient time
to conduct by-election. It has increased the time from seven
to 21 days and generally widen the latitude of the INEC to
handle election matters upon vacancy.
“These four bills, added to the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Act,
have now been assented to by the President and have now
become laws.
“The Constitution of Nigeria 1999 as amended is hereby
further amended by the assent of the President to these bills
today.”
One of the bills includes an Act that gives the
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), sufficient time to conduct bye-elections.
Another bill No 16 which is now an Act, is to
ensure that where a vice president succeeds the
president and where a deputy governor succeeds
a governor, he can no more contest for that
office more than once after the initial tenure.
In a previous report by NAIJ.com , President
Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, January 26,
signed eight bills passed by the National
Assembly into law at a signing ceremony held at
the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
four bills into law as part of the amendments of the
1999 Constitution
- One of the bill signed by the president grants
financial autonomy to state judiciaries and Houses of
Assembly
- Another bill stops a vice president who completes
the term of a president from contesting for the office
of the president more than once
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, June 8,
signed into law the Constitution 4th Alteration
Bill that grants financial autonomy and
independence to state House of Assembly and to
the judiciary of the respective states.
The president signed a total of four bills into law
as part of the amendments of the 1999
Constitution.
NAIJ.com gathered that the senior special
assistant on National Assembly matters (Senate),
Ita Enang, said: “I just want to inform you that His
Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari today (Friday)
assented to the Constitution Fourth Alteration Bill which
grants financial autonomy and independence to the Houses
of Assembly of the respective states and to the Judiciary of
the respective states.
“The amount due to the judiciary is now to be paid directly
to the judiciary of those states, no more through the
governors.
“And the amount standing in the credit of the State houses
of Assembly in the respective states are now to be paid
directly to the houses of Assembly of that State for the
benefit of the legislators and the management of the State
houses of Assembly.
“Another Act which has come into force today is
Constitution Amendment 21 which relates to the
determination of pre-elections matters. It has reduced the
date and time of determining pre-election matters to ensure
that the pre-election matters in court do not get into the
time of the elections and do not linger thereafter.
“The relevant section of the Constitution has also been
amended by this Act, therefore amending the constitution.
“The other one is Bill 16 which is now an Act. The intent of
that Act is to ensure that where a Vice President succeeds
the President and where a deputy governor succeeds a
governor, he can no more contest for that office more than
one more time.
“The effect is that having taken the oath of President once,
he can only contest one more time and no more. That is the
intent of this amendment.
“The other amendment is Bill 9 now an Act which gives the
Independent National Electoral Commission sufficient time
to conduct by-election. It has increased the time from seven
to 21 days and generally widen the latitude of the INEC to
handle election matters upon vacancy.
“These four bills, added to the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Act,
have now been assented to by the President and have now
become laws.
“The Constitution of Nigeria 1999 as amended is hereby
further amended by the assent of the President to these bills
today.”
One of the bills includes an Act that gives the
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), sufficient time to conduct bye-elections.
Another bill No 16 which is now an Act, is to
ensure that where a vice president succeeds the
president and where a deputy governor succeeds
a governor, he can no more contest for that
office more than once after the initial tenure.
In a previous report by NAIJ.com , President
Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, January 26,
signed eight bills passed by the National
Assembly into law at a signing ceremony held at
the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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