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Oluwatobi Bolashodun UPDATED: AN HOUR AGO VIEWS: 10947 Category: Local news, Politics SHARE ON FACEBOOK SEND VIA EMAIL SEND ON WHATSAPP SHARE ON FACEBOOK SEND VIA EMAIL SEND ON WHATSAPP President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, March 12, in two separate letters addressed to the Senate president Bukola Saraki and speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, rejected the amendment to the Electoral Act, Daily Trust reports. NAIJ.com gathered that the president gave three reasons for withholding assent to the Electoral Act Amendment bill which was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly intending to change the country's elections sequence. The two presiding officers are expected to read the letters to their colleagues at plenary between Tuesday, March 13 and Thursday, March 15. READ ALSO: PDP holds mega rally in Jigawa state In a previous report by NAIJ.com, the House of Representatives on Wednesday, February 28, stated that lawmakers would not hesitate to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto if he refused to agree with the Electoral Act Amendment bill. The House said it would remain firm on the bill, especially the provision on the re-ordering of the 2019 elections. A controversial new Section 25 introduced into the Act changed the sequence of elections by making the National Assembly elections to come first while the presidential poll will now come last, the Punch reports. The amendment had passed in both the Senate and the House and its now awaiting Buhari’s assent. However, in the elections timetable already released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), before the amendment was passed, the presidential election was supposed to be the first. Read more: https://www.naija.ng/1157257-breaking-president-buhari-rejects-electoral-act-amendment-bill.html#1157257