President Muhammmadu Buhari on Friday signed a bill to ensure that where a vice president succeeds a president and where a deputy governor succeeds a governor, he or she can no more contest for that office more than once.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Ita Enang, who disclosed this to State House correspondents, said: “And the fact is that having taken the oath as President once, and you can only contest for once again and no more. That is the intent of this amendment.”
He said Buhari also signed a bill that gives the Independent National Electoral Commission sufficient time to conduct bye-elections, saying “It has increased the number from 7 days to 21 days and generally widened the latitude of the Independent National Electoral Commission to handle election matters upon vacancy occuring.”