{"id":564,"date":"2022-05-23T05:20:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T05:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/buhari-has-not-signed-electoral-act-amendment-bill-presidency-nigeria-news\/"},"modified":"2022-05-23T05:20:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T05:20:07","slug":"buhari-has-not-signed-electoral-act-amendment-bill-presidency-nigeria-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=564","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Has Not Signed Electoral Act Amendment Bill \u2013 Presidency &#8211; Nigeria News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pounds To Naira Exchange Rate\/Black Market Rate Today 23 May 2022<br \/>FG Appoints Nwabuoku To Oversee Accountant-General&#8217;s Office<br \/>Tension As Gunmen Kill Seven People in Anambra<br \/>APC Indefinitely Postpones Screening Of Tinubu, Osinbajo, Amaechi, Lawan, Others<br \/>Gunmen Vow To Kill More Lawmakers In Anambra<br \/>2023: Fayemi Reveals 5 APC Presidential Aspirants That Are Contenders, Says Others Are Pretenders<br \/>2023 Presidency: Nigeria Needs A President Like Me &#8211; Tinubu<br \/>2023: APC Planning 3rd Term Agenda For Buhari &#8211; PDP Alleges In Fresh Alarm<br \/>Enugu 2023: One Of My Children Will Emerge Governor &#8211; Fr Mbaka<br \/>Edo PDP Conducts House Of Assembly, Reps Primary Election<br \/>Nigerians React As Progress Wins Nigerian Idol Season 7<br \/>Nigerians React As Man City Wins Premier League<br \/>Diri Urges Tour Industry To Promote Bayelsa\u2019s Healing Water Site<br \/>Vehicle Loaded With Explosives, Sophisticated Weapons Intercepted In Kano<br \/>Police Rescues Notorious Burglar From Being Set Ablaze In Delta<br \/>Things You Should Know About Progress Chukwuyem, Winner Of Nigerian Idol Season 7<br \/>&#8216;You Couldn&#8217;t Even Allow Him To Collaborate With Other Singers&#8217;- Uche Madugwu Tackles Davido Over DaBaby&#8217;s Visit<br \/>Progress Emerges Winner Of Nigerian Idol Season 7<br \/>I Won\u2019t Stop Women-Based Content &#8211; Mr Macaroni<br \/>BBNaija&#8217;s Erica Receives Accolades For Gradually Improving Her Dress Sense<br \/>Bayelsa Queens Win Nigeria Women Football League Title<br \/>Giroud Helps AC Milan Win First Serie A Title Since 2011<br \/>Manchester City Win 2021\/22 English Premier League<br \/>U20 WAFU B: Flying Eagles Too Strong For Benin Republic As They Emerge Champions<br \/>Sports Minister To Host Victorious Flying Eagles, Scrabble Team In Abuja<br \/>Pounds To Naira Exchange Rate\/Black Market Rate Today 23 May 2022<br \/>Firstbank Rewards Customers In Its Firstmobile Cash-Out Promo<br \/>Money Laundering Act: Banks, Businesses To pay N1m Daily For Suspicious Transactions<br \/>Why The Labour Market Needs Fixing &#8211; IMF Issues Warning<br \/>E-Naira: Digital Currency Will Complement, Not Eliminate Naira Notes \u2013 CBN<br \/>Published<br \/>on<br \/>By<br \/>Reports had emerged earlier that President Buhari who has been abroad, assented to the bill today.<br \/><strong>Naija News<\/strong> understands that the Nigerian leader was yet to return from his trip to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates when the news about him signing the bill circulated on the internet.<br \/>The bill was transmitted to the president&#8217;s desk last week Friday and there has been pressure to get it signed into law.<br \/>Reacting, however, to the emerging news earlier, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam <strong>Garba Shehu<\/strong>, who just returned to the country with the President, said the news of the signing, which had already gone viral on social media, was new to him.<br \/>Meanwhile, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, House of Representatives, <strong>Umar El-Yakub,<\/strong> has also debunked the same, stating that the viral news could not be true.<br \/>Citing reasons for his conclusion, El-Yakub said Buhari couldn\u2019t have signed it yesterday because he was out of the country and he couldn\u2019t have signed already because he\u2019s just entering the country.<br \/>\u201c<em>I also cannot tell you that he will still sign it or will not sign it. He\u2019s the President. But if it will be signed later, we will all know\u201d<\/em>, the lawmaker told Daily Post.<br \/>Top Nigerian Newspapers Headlines For Today, Monday, 23rd May, 2022<br \/>APC Indefinitely Postpones Screening Of Tinubu, Osinbajo, Amaechi, Lawan, Others<br \/>2023: Fayemi Reveals 5 APC Presidential Aspirants That Are Contenders, Says Others Are Pretenders<br \/>2023: APC Planning 3rd Term Agenda For Buhari &#8211; PDP Alleges In Fresh Alarm<br \/>2023: Why I Dropped Igbo Presidency To Support Ahmad Lawan &#8211; Uzor Kalu<br \/>Nigerians To Pay New Tax For Making Telephone Calls<br \/><strong>Copyright \u00a9 Polance Media Limited 2022 All rights reserved.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/2022\/05\/21\/buhari-has-not-signed-electoral-act-amendment-bill-presidency\/\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pounds To Naira Exchange Rate\/Black Market Rate Today 23 May 2022FG Appoints Nwabuoku To Oversee Accountant-General&#8217;s OfficeTension As Gunmen Kill Seven People in AnambraAPC Indefinitely Postpones Screening Of Tinubu, Osinbajo, Amaechi, Lawan, OthersGunmen Vow To Kill More Lawmakers In Anambra2023: Fayemi Reveals 5 APC Presidential Aspirants That Are Contenders, Says Others Are Pretenders2023 Presidency: Nigeria [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v25.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Buhari Has Not Signed Electoral Act Amendment Bill \u2013 Presidency - Nigeria News - City Watch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=564\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buhari Has Not Signed Electoral Act Amendment Bill \u2013 Presidency - Nigeria News City Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Buhari Has Not Signed Electoral Act Amendment Bill \u2013 Presidency - Nigeria News City Watch %\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=564\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"City Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100083282987806\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-23T05:20:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wp-header-logo-96.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=564#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=564\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/6f3e02bc6483df72f5abc6e9624d0cc8\"},\"headline\":\"Buhari Has Not Signed Electoral Act Amendment Bill \u2013 Presidency &#8211; 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