House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said the process of overriding President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill will not be easy.
Gbajabiamila who spoke during the commissioning of projects in his constituency in Lagos, said “veto is not something you easily override.”
“I can’t read the minds of the National Assembly. We need two-thirds, veto is not something you easily override, if that is done we will take away the clause and pass the bill so Nigerians can enjoy a credible electoral process they deserve,” he noted.
He said the President took the decision not to assent to bill with good intentions and based on the advice from his lieutenants.
He said, “There’s a process and I believe the President did it with all good intentions and advice that he got, he weighed everything carefully, he listened to people who he has employed to advise him and I guess they advised him against the amendment.
“So there’s a process like I said and we would run back to the House to determine if those reasons sit down well with the National Assembly and which case we would at that point consider removing that clause and passing the bill. But then it’s not my decision to make, it’s the decision of the whole National Assembly, if they decide the reason is not good enough then there is a process which is described in the constitution.”
