*President Returns Bill To National Assembly

President Muhammqdu Buhari has returned the Customs and Excise Management Act Amendment Bill to the National Assembly after refusing to sign it into law.

The President raised observations on about 24 clauses and schedules in the Bill as passed by both chambers of the National Assembly.

The President 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President’s refusal to sign the Bill, which seeks to amend the 64-year-old Customs Act, the House of Representatives rescinded its earlier decision on the clauses and committed the Bill to the Committee of the Whole for reconsideration and further legislative action.

But the House yesterday reconsidered the clauses the President objected to and approved the correction on such clauses.

Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase, who presided over plenary, said the President was returning the Bill to the parliament for the third time.

He said the Bill was returned because of the observations the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (OAGF) made on the clauses.

The Deputy Speaker told fellow lawmakers that the House Committee had made the required corrections on the Bill.

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