Senator representing Lagos West,
Solomon Adeola has kicked against any attempt to override President Muhammadu
Buhari’s veto on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2018.
Adeola made this known, on
Sunday, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Kayode Odunaro, in Abuja.
He said those making the calls to
override the president’s veto did not have the interest of Nigerians at heart
as they were not bothered about the success of the 2019 general elections.
The lawmaker said he would not
support any move in the Senate to do such, adding that the plan was
counterproductive.
According to him, passing the
bill into law to take effect from the 2019 elections as observed by the
president will not yield the desired result because the country has only a few
months to the election.
“As a senator and Nigerian, I
cannot be part of any move to override the president’s veto on the Electoral
Bill.
“The president clearly stated his
reasons for the veto and I think they are cogent enough to be accepted by all
in national interest.
“Good enough, the president is
not totally foreclosing the need to amend the Act as he clearly stated that
such process can take place after the 2019 elections,” he said.
The lawmaker warned that moves to
override the president’s veto would only amount to waste of “precious
legislative time and overheating the polity in place of other important
legislative agenda.”
He added that besides the waste
of time, it would be an exercise in futility, stressing that the parliament
would not have the required constitutional two third to override the
president’s veto.
The lawmaker noted that “at this
point, I will stand with all those desirous of peaceful and transparent
election as promised by President Muhammadu Buhari.
“With the assurances by INEC that
it is ready to conduct a free and fair election with or without the amendment
of the electoral law, only those with ulterior motives will want to override
the president’s veto less than three months to the general elections.”
President Buhari on December 7
declined to assent to the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2018 for the fourth time.
Ita Enang, the President’s Senior
Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), said that the
president had communicated his decision to the National Assembly.
In September, the president
rejected the bill for the third time due to what Enang described as “some
drafting issues” that had remained unaddressed.
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