Buhari Signs 5 Bills Passed By 8th Assembly

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, 5 bills passed by the 8th National Assembly.

This was disclosed by his Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Umar Yakubu at a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja.

Yakubu said the Acts were to ensure good governance in the country.

The bills which include the Obafemi Awolowo University Transitional Amendment Act, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi Amendment Act, the University of Maiduguri Amendment Act, the National Fertiliser Quality Control Act and the Nigerian Council of Food Science and Technology Establishment Act.

According to Yakubu, the University Acts specified minimum qualifications for the Chairmen of the Governing Councils which is university degree or its equivalent.

He said the Acts stipulated that the persons must be physically fit and be able to chair activities of the councils and that the Acts also provided for the regulations of the use of intellectual properties for universities.

He said that the Acts also provided for the regulations of the use of intellectual properties for universities.

Yakubu noted that the law stated that any staff or student that sought to sue the university must give a notice of one month to the concerned institution.