ADC threatens to sue Buhari over Not-Too-Young-to-Run Act

President Muhammadu Buhari may soon be dragged to court by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over the Not Too Young to Run (NTYTR) bill which he signed into law last week.

The ADC said it was considering suing Buhari for shifting the effective date for the implementation of the new law to 2023.

Buhari had while signing the bill into law called on the youth to postpone running against him in 2019 but prepare to run for the position of the president of Nigeria in 2023 when his tenure must have expired.

But in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Chief Anayo Arinze, on Sunday, ADC frowned at Buhari’s comment. It said that before the youths could shout hurray for the signing into law of NTYTR bill, that Buhari barred them from running for public offices in 2019.

“We see the executive restraining order of Mr. President as a continuation of his inglorious rating of Nigerian youth as lazy, immature and uneducated.

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“Given his avowed belief that Nigerian youth are good for nothing, Mr. President has no reason to be frightened by a visionary youth, contesting against him for the presidency in 2019.

“The ADC shall raise a legal team to study the new Not Too Young to Run law, vis-à-vis the President’s shifting of the effective date of the implementation of the law to 2023.

“The ADC legal team will advise the party on the legality or otherwise of Mr. President’s order and whether President Buhari has the constitutional powers to defer the implementation of any bill he has signed into law,” Arinze said.

 

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