Buhari Rejects Four Bills Passed By NASS

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected four bills passed by the National Assembly.

Buhari communicated his rejection via a letter read during plenary by house speaker, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday.

The bills include the Corporate Manslaughter bill, 2018; Agricultural Credit Scheme (amendment) bill, 2018; National Child Protection and Enforcement Agency bill as well as Courts and Tribunal Standard Scales of Fines and Financial Penalties bill.

In the letter, Buhari said he rejected the corporate manslaughter bill because its provisions were inconsistent with the 1999 constitution.

He also said he withheld his assent to the agricultural credit scheme (amendment) bill on the ground of increase of the credit therein which was initially tagged at N100 million.

The president said the National Child Protection and Enforcement Agency bill is a duplication of duties of existing agencies such as National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

He further stated that the courts and tribunal standard scales of fines bill and financial penalties bill, contradicts existing laws in place.

The House recently reintroduced 11 bills Buhari withheld assent to, for the purpose of overriding his veto power on them.