Inconsistency: Rejected Bills Rise To 41 As Buhari Declines Signing Two More - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 9, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has again declined assent to two more bills transmitted to him from the National Assembly, bringing the number of rejected bills to 41 since June 9, 2015.
Buhari conveyed his decision to withdraw assent to the Nigeria Tourism Development Authority Bill and Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority Bill in two separate letters to Senate President, Bukola Saraki and read at plenary.
President Buhari said some sections of the Nigeria Tourism Development Authority Repeal and re-enactment bill contradicts the second schedule of the 1999 Constitution.
He argued that section thirty of the bill proposed tourism fee on all in-bound international travellers, tourism levy on all out-bound travellers and one per cent tourism departure contribution fee per hotel room rate.
The President also said he rejected the Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority Bill based on funding and overlap of functions