The Customs and Excise Management Act Amendment Bill has been sent back to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari after he declined to sign it into law.
The measure was returned by the president with comments on 24 clauses and schedules that were included in the bill as it was approved by both chambers of the national assembly.
The President is disagreed with Clauses 4(b), 7(2), 7(3), 10(1)(a), 10(1)(b), 12, 14(1)(g), 16(3), 17(4), 18(1), 18(3), 18(6)(c), 111(3), 165(5)(a), 170(1)(a), 171, 175(1)(2), 180, 181, 184, 189, 194, 279, 181 and the Schedule.
Following the President’s refusal to sign the bill, which seeks to amend the 64-year-old Customs Act, the House rescinded its earlier decision on the clauses and committed the bill to the Committee of the whole House for reconsideration and further legislative action.
However, the House on Tuesday reconsidered the clauses objected to by the President and approves the correction of such clauses.
Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase, who presided over plenary, said the bill is being returned to the parliament by the President for the third time.
He said the bill was returned because of the observation made on the nature of the clauses by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation.
He told members that the required corrections have been made on the bill by the House Committee and tried to been out the clauses objected to by the President for consideration.