Polls reordering: Senate gets legal advice to override Buhari’s veto

The Senate has been advised to ignore the reasons given by President Muhammadu Buhari for not signing the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill passed by the National Assembly.

The PUNCH learnt on Thursday that based on the advice from the Senate’s Legal Department, the upper chamber of the National Assembly would proceed with the process to override the President’s veto on the bill, which seeks to reorder the sequence of elections.

A new Section 25 in the Electoral Act, which states that the sequence of the elections will commence with National Assembly, to be followed by governorship and state Houses of Assembly, while presidential poll will come last.

The Senate had resolved on Tuesday when the letter was read to members to seek legal advice from the Legal Department.

A copy of the document containing the advice given to the Senate was sighted by The PUNCH correspondent on Thursday.

The PUNCH, March 16, 2018

 

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