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The Director General of the President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has explained the President's decision not to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. He made the clarification on Sunday while appearing on Channels Television political programme. He accused the National assembly of putting their interest over and above that of the nation.

“I want to say clearly to Nigerians that we got to this point because of the self-serving nature of the National Assembly.

 
“The same international community they are appealing to will tell them that international conventions all over the world say that in any build-up to any election, it is wrong, it is against the international best practices to make any changes in any electoral law less than six months to any election.


“If the President signs the Electoral Act Amendment Bill now, our elections will not be deemed to be credible, our elections will not be deemed to be free and fair. If he does not sign it like he has refused to do, that is when it will be deemed free and fair.


“Nigerians don’t know that the version of the bill that was transmitted to the President in August this year, which was the third time, did not include the provision regarding the card reader.


“If the President does not want card reader, the President would have quickly signed that version that was sent to him in August. It was the President that pointed it out to them.”

 

 

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