SARAKI AND DOGARA MEET PRINCIPAL OFFICERS TODAY ON VETO OVERRIDE BUHARI

The principal officers of the two chambers of National Assembly, led by Senate President Bukola Saraki and speaker Yakubu Dogara of the House of Representatives are meeting today to finalise plans to override the President’s 

Veto on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill and set the tone for the generation of the signatures.

The move against the President’s Veto of the amendment bill puts Presidential elections as the last in a three phase general election. It was gathered by news reports, that the senate has already generated the required number of 73 signatures to override a Presidential veto. The signatures will be complied this week.

So far the National Assembly has overridden the Presidential Veto on only two occasions, in 2000 on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC bill and in 2007 on the Border of Precedence Bill.

The constitution provides that for the President’s veto to be set aside, Two-thirds of the members of each house would again pass the bill for a second time. Two-thirds of the members of the senate are 72, while that of the house is 240.