{"id":121007,"date":"2021-12-14T16:23:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=121007"},"modified":"2021-12-14T16:23:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:23:53","slug":"we-wont-go-to-war-with-buhari-over-electoral-bill-says-senate-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/14\/we-wont-go-to-war-with-buhari-over-electoral-bill-says-senate-spokesman\/","title":{"rendered":"We won\u2019t go to war with Buhari over electoral bill, says senate spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spokesperson of the senate, Ajibola Basiru has stated that the national assembly will take the best decision for Nigerians irrespective of President Muhammadu Buhari&#8217;s attitude towards the electoral bill.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the national assembly on November 19 transmitted the electoral act amendment bill to the president for assent.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/17\/we-need-a-new-constitution-before-2023-election-afe-babalola-insists\/\">constitution<\/a>, the president has 30 days within which he is expected to assent to a bill to become law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">The national assembly also has a provision to override a presidential veto by two-third vote in a case where the president fails to sign the bill into law within the specified 30 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">In the case of the electoral bill, the deadline for the presidential assent is December 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Reacting to this development on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Tuesday, Bashiru said the national assembly will not go on the path of war with the president over the electoral bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">But he said the legislature will ensure what is best for Nigeria as regards the electoral bill irrespective of the executive\u2019s position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">When the president takes the decision, whatever the generality of the national assembly thinks, we all we know. I think it is too early to seek to put us on a war path with the president,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cWe will take decision we think it is in the best interest of the country irrespective of the attitude the president or executive takes to the electoral bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Speaking on the description of the national assembly as rubber stamp of the executive, the senate spokesperson said if making laws that are tailored towards the development of the country is seen as being a rubber stamp, then the legislative body agrees to being called such.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">He said the decision of the national assembly is not partisan, adding that the Nigerian masses always form the basis for the consideration of every motion and bill in the legislative house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cIf making law for the progress of the country is considered to be a rubber stamp, then we agree that we are a rubber stamp national assembly,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cIf the idea of seeing the national assembly as an opposition parliament is what some people expected, we are happy to disappoint such people. Our job is clearly cut out for us by section 4 of the constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cThe national assembly today is a bipartisan legislative assembly, whereby we have members from the ruling party (APC) and the PDP. Our decisions are taken not on the basis of partisan consideration but on the basis of the general consideration of the people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cFor those that see the national assembly as a fighting organisation. I think we are happy to disappoint them, we are a conglomerate of Nigerians elected to represent the Nigerian people for the purpose of lawmaking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spokesperson of the senate, Ajibola Basiru has stated that the national assembly will take the best decision for Nigerians irrespective of President Muhammadu Buhari&#8217;s attitude towards the electoral bill. 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