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Here’s a #thread of some of the most important pieces of legislation the Buhari Administration has worked with the National Assembly to introduce or reform:
The Deep Offshore and Inland Basin PSC Act: https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1190155071205580800?s=21 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1190155071205580800
Police Trust Fund Act, to mobilize and guarantee increased funding for @PoliceNG: https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1179079296075386882?s=21 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1179079296075386882
The Nigeria Corrections Service Act 2019 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1161909326489018373?s=21 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1161909326489018373
The Finance Act, 2019, with its Tax Relief for MSMEs and increased exemptions on VAT for basic food items etc https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1250760739326844930?s=21 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1250760739326844930
NCDC Establishment Act, seven years after the Agency was established (without enabling legislation): https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1098561246025129984?s=21 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1098561246025129984
Suppression of Piracy and other Maritime Offences Bill, 2019: Nigeria became the first country in West and Central Africa to sign anti-piracy legislation into law: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-03/nigeria-s-buhari-signs-bill-to-fight-piracy-and-boost-security
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (FCCPA)
https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1108793850544427009?s=21 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1108793850544427009
https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1108793850544427009?s=21 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1108793850544427009
Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1108794559276945408?s=21 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1108794559276945408
Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (Amendment) Act, 2019 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1185994089529008129?s=21 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1185994089529008129
Still on the Deep Offshore Act: https://twitter.com/mbuhari/status/1191375526755274752?s=21 https://twitter.com/mbuhari/status/1191375526755274752
Commercial Break:
There was a time when all of the reporting by the media was obsessed with the Bills the President declined assent to, and never the one he signed. Irresponsible papers chasing clickbait with the most sensational angles of reporting. Smh.
There was a time when all of the reporting by the media was obsessed with the Bills the President declined assent to, and never the one he signed. Irresponsible papers chasing clickbait with the most sensational angles of reporting. Smh.
Constitution Amendment Bill granting financial autonomy and independence to State Houses of Assembly and State Judiciary (2018): https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1267174109596782595?s=21 https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/1267174109596782595
