Why I rejected Constitution Amendment Bill, by Jonathan

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President Goodluck Jonathan has returned to the National Assembly the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration Act, 2015, aimed at amending the 1999 Constitution.
The president, in a letters addressed to Senate President David Mark and Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, read at the respective sessions of the two chambers Wednesday in Abuja, said he decided to veto the bill because the process of its passage negated the prescribed constitutional procedure.
Jonathan said he would not assent to the amendments because they did not satisfy the strict requirements of Section 9(3) of the 1999 Constitution.
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Source:: New Mail