ABUJA – THE Senate has begun the process of overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s vetoIt was one of the bills the President had declined assent to out of the several bills that were passed by the National Assembly and forwarded to him to sign into law.
The bill which is ponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, PDP, Enugu West, yesterday scaled second reading. While rejecting the President’s submission, the David Umaru-led panel had posited that the bill was not in conflict with the 1999 constitution, as claimed by the President. “The legislative intent behind this Bill Is to ensure that we run a normal financial year. From the wordings of the provisions, there was no stipulation that Mr. President must assent to any Bill within a specified period.
Pres6 Buhari had declined assent to the bills and they will be forwarded to the House of Representatives for concurrence.
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