By Christiana Ekpa
The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly matters, Hon. Musa El-Yakub has hailed the President for assenting to very critical bills.
El-Yakub made the assertion while briefing the press at the National Assembly on Wednesday.
He noted that the current Electoral Act as signed into law by President Buhari will set the ball rolling for a smooth elections in 2023.
“I will like to thank President Buhari for passing very critical historic bills like the PIB (Petroleum Industry Bill), the Electoral Amendment Act, the Climate Change bill, CAMA (Company Allied Matters) bill, the Deep Offshore bill, and others. All these bills will bring about life time achievements to the Nigerian people.
“I commend the President for the several infrastructure going on across the country”, he noted.
El-Yakub also commended the National Assembly their commitment in anchoring the process of several bills and policies that have brought about positive changes in the country.
“I commend the speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila for passing into law the constitution. I commend NASS for the singular commitment of passing both executive and private bills promptly.
“The reversal of the budget calendar from January to December circle is certainly something to commend the National Assembly for.
“I commend the speaker for going a long way in deepining democratic processes. National Assembly has been consistent with the policies of the government. Take for instance, the finance bill, the Midterm Expenditure Framework and other critical legislations that have been passed”.
He continued, “We commend the National Assembly for giving INEC (Independent Electoral Commission) the necessary tool to organize a credible election because the framework has been improved”.
Similarly, the SSA thanked the media, civil society and Nigerians for their collective roles in some of the piece of legislations passed so far.
