Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sign the country’s Federal Audit Service Bill or choose the path of resignation.
In a statement on Friday by Phrank Shaibu, his spokesperson, Atiku expressed concerns over Tinubu’s continued delay to conclude action on the Federal Audit Service Bill months after it was transmitted by the National Assembly.
He described the delay as yet another example of an administration that appears increasingly indifferent to constitutional discipline, institutional accountability and the rule of law.
Atiku reminded the President that Section 58(4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), provides the following: “Where a bill is presented to the President for assent, he shall within thirty days thereof, signify that he assents or that he withholds assent.”
“That provision is
