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We’ll Block Attempt To Override Buhari – APC Reps Members Back President On Electoral Bill
Majority leader of the House of Reps and chairman of the APC representatives caucus, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that his colleagues will block attempt to override Buhari on electoral bill.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to withhold assent to the amended electoral act bill, has been strongly backed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers of the house of representatives.
According to TheCable, the federal lawmakers also vowed to stop any attempt by the lower legislative chamber to override President Buhari’s veto on the bill.
Speaking while addressing journalists at the national assembly on Wednesday, Femi Gbajabiamila, who is the chairman of the APC representatives caucus, said Buhari was right to have withheld his assent to the bill.
He said; “A punctuation can change the meaning of a provision of the law. The national assembly should perfect the document, send it back; the president will sign it.
“And it makes no sense to override in the case of an important document. We don’t have to use a fire brigade approach; it is too close to the elections, and that is the reason for the ECOWAS protocol. It is too late in the game to begin to tinker with the rules.
“If they are able to muster two-thirds and push it forward, there is nothing we can do. But as a party, we are not going to be part of it. And we have more than the numbers to stop that.”
Part of the issues in contention regarding the bill is the mandatory use of card readers, which Gbajabiamila said will disenfranchise many Nigerians.
He said; “We have seen instances where the card readers have failed. What Mr. President has done is to protect everybody in Nigeria. Millions could be disenfranchised and we don’t want that.”
Recall that Buhari had rejected the reform bill for the fourth time, citing disruption to the 2019 elections as his reason.
The president’s decision later generated controversy at the national assembly, with some of the lawmakers hinting at a possibility of overriding the president’s veto and going ahead to pass the bill.
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