About 81 senators out of 109 have approved to override the Electoral Bill over refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to assent the bill.
Solacebase reports that President Muhammadu Buhari in a letter to the Senate and the House of Representatives, asked the National Assembly to remove the controversial clause on direct primaries from the bill and return the proposed law to him for assent.
Buhari also cited insecurity as one of his reasons for withholding his assent to the bill for the second time.
A ranking Senator form the North West who wants to remain anonymous on Tuesday night told Solacebase that most of the senators who have appended their signatures are mostly from the ruling APC.
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‘’You see the Senators that have appended their signatures are not happy with the action of the president,’’ the Senator said.
”We are ready to override mr president on this bill this time around.”
The bill was transmitted to the President on November 19, 2021, after both chambers of the National Assembly hurriedly passed it against the wishes of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress.
Apart from mandatory direct primaries, the bill also makes a provision for electronic transmission of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission and increases the limit for election spending by candidates.
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