President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected 17 bills passed by the 8th National Assembly.
He, however, gave accent to nine other bills passed by the last senate.
The Senior Special Assistant to President (Senate), Sen.Ita Enag disclosed this to journalists at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja.
Enag,however, promised to engage the leadership of both chambers on the rationale behind the rejections of those bills.
He explained that the president decided not to communicate to the 9th Assembly on the rejection of the bills because it could not take any decision on the rejected bills.
He said the current National Assembly could not take action to override them because the law forbade the lawmakers to do so.
The nine bills assented to by the president are: Police Trust Fund Act, Nigeria Natural Medicine Establishment Act, FCT Management Board and Health Insurance, Suppression of Piracy and other Maritime Defence Bill, Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria Bill, National Institute of Construction Technology and Management (Establishment) bill.
Others are National Agricultural Seed Council, Agriculture Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (Amendment), and FCT Primary Healthcare Board Bills.
He listed the rejected bills as : Adeyemi Federal University of Education (Establishment), Federal University of Education Kano, Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, Federal University of Education Zaria, National Security Agncies Protection of Officers Identity, Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency,and Environmental Managers Registration Council of Nigeria Bills.
Others are: Industrial Development Income Tax Act Amendment, Defence Research and Development Bureau, Animal Diseases Control, Good Samaritans, Chattered Institute of Directors of Nigeria, National Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Establishment, and Federal University of Wukari (Establishment) Bills.
Thet include Warehouse Receipt and Other Related Matters, Federal Capital Territory Health Insurance Agency, Nigeria Automative Industry Development Plant Fiscal Inscentive and Guarantees, Nigerian Film Commission, and Proceeds of Crime Bills.
The Guardian
