lSay document imperfect
lPDP BoT chairman urges NASS to override President
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA—All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus in the House of Representatives, yesterday, pitched their tent with President Muhammadu Buhari on his refusal to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, describing the legislation as imperfect.
This is even as chairman of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,Senator Walid Jibril, insisted, yesterday, that the National Assembly must override the President’s veto and pass the amendments of the Electoral Act into law.
However, leader of APC caucus, Femi Gbajabiamila, who made the declaration after an emergency meeting in Abuja, said signing the bill as currently amended without an alternative provision for manual accreditation of voters, other than electronic method, would lead to…
