By Dapo Akinrefon, Charles Kumolu, Ikechukwu Nnochiri & Gbenga Oke
ABUJA—The Supreme Court, yesterday, threw a spanner into proposed plans by the National Assembly to override the President’s veto on amendments to the constitution achieved by the assembly and endorsed by the state houses of assembly.
In a ruling, a seven-man panel of justices of the apex court, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, ordered the lawmakers to maintain status quo on the matter until June 18.
The ruling by the Supreme Court follows reservations by the legislators on the president’s veto of the alterations in which he said the National Assembly overreached itself in the alterations.
The Senate had in response to the President’s action demanded that
the President return the original bill including the signature page on
it. The Senate move was in response to assertions by the lawmakers that
the President had actually signed the bill but reversed himself
subsequently.
While Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, expressed bewilderment over the ruling, another senior lawyer, Emeka Ngige, SAN, and a former lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammmed faulted the National Assembly for overreaching itself in the proposed amendments.
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ABUJA—The Supreme Court, yesterday, threw a spanner into proposed plans by the National Assembly to override the President’s veto on amendments to the constitution achieved by the assembly and endorsed by the state houses of assembly.
In a ruling, a seven-man panel of justices of the apex court, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, ordered the lawmakers to maintain status quo on the matter until June 18.
The ruling by the Supreme Court follows reservations by the legislators on the president’s veto of the alterations in which he said the National Assembly overreached itself in the alterations.
President Jonathan
While Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, expressed bewilderment over the ruling, another senior lawyer, Emeka Ngige, SAN, and a former lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammmed faulted the National Assembly for overreaching itself in the proposed amendments.
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