The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, confirmed this to State House correspondents.
Enang said the bill was one of the 10 bills sent by the National Assembly to the President for assent.
The law brought to 17 such Acts that Buhari has signed into law within two months.
The President had in November signed eight bills into law.
They include the Prevention of Crime Amendment Act, 2016; National Crop Varieties and Livestock Breeds (Registration) Amendment Act, 2016; Telecommunications and Postal Offences Amendment Act, 2016; the National Agricultural Land Development Authority Amendment Act, 2016.
Others are the Produce Enforcement of Export Standards Amendment Act, 2016; the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute Amendment Act, 2016; Bee Import Control and Management Amendment Act, 2016; and Water Resources Amendment Act, 2016.
Earlier in the month, the President also signed eight other bills into law. They include the National Judicial Institute Amendment Act, 2016; Advertising Practitioners Registration Amendment Act, 2016; Utilities Charges Commission Amendment Act, 2016; Quality Surveyors Registration Amendment Act, 2016 and Small and Medium Scale Industries Development Agency Amendment Act, 2016.
Others are Treaty to Establish African Economic Community Relating to Pan African Parliament (Accession and Jurisdiction) Amendment Act, 2016; University of Abuja Amendment Act, 2016 and Chartered Institute of Stock Brokers Amendment Act, 2016.
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