The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, 22nd February 2017, declined the approval of four bills the national assembly forwarded to the executive for assent. According to the acting president, assent to some of the bills was withheld due to “concerns regarding words and phrases, and the spirit behind the amendment” and due to “the existence of pending legal issue(s).”
The bills include Dangerous Drug Amendment Bill, 2016; National Lottery Bill, 2016; Currency Conversion Freezing Order Amendment Bill, 2016, and Agricultural Credit Scheme Bill, 2016.
Following the refusal of the acting president to sign the bills into law, Dino Melaye, a senator from Kogi west, stated that the executive must respect the principle of separation of powers, as it is the responsibility of the executive to assent to bills made by the legislature or go to court to challenge them.
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