Electoral Act, PIB: There’s room for amendment in future- Presidency
The presidency said yesterday that the controversial Electoral Act Amendment Bill and the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB recently passed by the National Assembly can be submitted for amendment in the future.
It spoke of legislative instruments available to achieve the purpose, if Nigerians felt there were grey areas to resolve.
Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters, (House of Representatives), Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub, stated this at a briefing in Abuja yesterday.
El-Yakub was reacting to a question of whether the Presidency would take into consideration the backlashes that had trailed the passage of the bills.
He said, “Let me say that there is no perfect law and we all know that the exigencies of the moment determine the actions that people take.
