The house of representatives says
it will override President Muhammadu Buhari on the Peace Corps of Nigeria
establishment bill as well as nine other bills.
Abdulrazak Namdas, spokesman of
the house, announced this during a press briefing on Wednesday.
He said the lawmakers have
commenced the process of overriding the president on the 10 bills.
Buhari had rejected the Peace
Corps bill, citing duplication of functions and lack of funds as his reasons.
“We are in the process of
overriding the veto of the president on ten bills, excluding the electoral act,
but which includes the Peace Corps bill,” Namdas said.
He listed the 10 bills to include
a bill for an act to establish the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management,
a bill for an act to establish the Nigerian Council for Social Works, a bill
for an act to amend the currency conversion, freezing orders act to give
discretionary powers to the judge of high court to order for forfeiture of
assets of affected persons, and a bill for an act to establish the police
procurement fund.
Others are a bill for an act to
amend the environmental health officers council registration act, a bill for an
act to establish the Chartered Institute of loan and risk management of
Nigeria, a bill for an act to establish the Chartered Institute of Public
Management of Nigeria.
Also included are a bill for an
act to establish the Chartered Institute of Exports and Community Brokers of
Nigeria and a bill for an act to establish the Federal University, Wukari.
Regarding the bill on the
amendment of the electoral act which Buhari also rejected, Namdas said the
lawmakers will address areas of the bill the president disagreed with and
re-introduce it for passage.
He said the house agreed with the
president that section 138 of the amended electoral act unduly limits the right
of the candidate to a free and fair election.
He also said the lawmakers agreed
with the president on his position that the section 152 of the act regarding
the competence of the national assembly to regulate local government elections.
“We will re-gazette the electoral
act and expunge the areas which the president mentioned and which we are in
agreement with the president and in line with the constitution,” he said.
“We will then bring it back for
debate and re-transmit it to the president for assent.”
Regarding this Bill for the establishment of Peace corps, I am on the same page as Mr President. I think we already have too many organisations that duplicate each other's function.
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