The development followed series of calls by stakeholders that the bill should be signed into law before the 2023 general elections.
A coalition of civil society organisations had as well staged a protest to compel the president to assent to the amended document.
The signing ceremony took place today inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja at about 12:30 pm.
Among those present, while the President was assenting to the bill includes the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Mahmood Yakubu; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, among others.
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